Roll of Honour 1939-1947
Surnames starting with L
The list below show all ranks of the Worcestershire Regiment who lost their lives in the Second World War of 1939-1945 (plus 1946-47).
LIST WAS LAST UPDATED ON THE 21st MAY 2013
Surname |
Forenames |
Number |
Rank |
Location |
DOD |
Battalion |
Age |
Lambert |
Stanley |
5253191 |
Cpl. |
La Bassée, France |
24/05/1940 |
7th |
21 |
Lampitt |
William Henry |
5250943 |
Pte. |
At sea |
14/11/1942 |
1st |
24 |
Lane |
Albert Ernest Leslie |
5249708 |
C./Sergt. |
Malaya |
06/09/1943 |
2nd |
30 |
Lane |
Gordon |
4925383 |
L./Cpl. |
Burma |
15/04/1945 |
2nd |
24 |
Lane |
Thomas Alfred James |
5252895 |
Pte. |
Bambecque, France |
28/05/1940 |
8th |
20 |
Langfield |
Arthur Percival |
5244193 |
Cpl. |
Dunkirk, France |
29/05/1940 |
8th |
37 |
Langhorn |
Arthur |
5504284 |
Sergt. |
Burma |
15/05/1945 |
2nd |
28 |
Langley |
Norman Clifford |
5250299 |
Pte. |
South Africa |
01/12/1940 |
2nd |
26 |
Lappage |
Frank |
5248337 |
Pte. |
Eritrea |
02/02/1941 |
1st |
32 |
Law |
John Thomson |
11002219 |
Pte. |
Tripsrath, Germany |
19/11/1944 |
1st |
32 |
Lawrence |
Reginald Eric |
5255581 |
Pte. |
U.K. |
25/07/1940 |
8th |
25 |
Frederick Fenwick |
253007 |
Captain |
Vehlingen, Germany |
27/03/1945 |
1st |
22 |
|
Lawton |
Eric Alfred |
180176 |
Lieut. |
Germany |
06/04/1945 |
att. |
24 |
Lawton |
Joseph Stephen |
14629944 |
Pte. |
Burma |
22/01/1945 |
2nd |
24 |
Lea |
Charles |
5254340 |
Pte. |
Italy |
05/10/1943 |
1st |
26 |
Lee |
Frank |
5256060 |
L./Cpl. |
Italy |
12/11/1944 |
1st |
30 |
Lee |
George Thomas |
5248634 |
Pte. |
At sea |
12/09/1942 |
1st |
31 |
Lee |
John Edward |
5256756 |
Cpl. |
Baron, France |
23/07/1944 |
1st |
29 |
Leighton |
Leslie Thomas |
5254059 |
Pte. |
France |
10/05/1940 |
- |
?? |
Lench |
Gerald |
14654303 |
Pte. |
Burma |
08/02/1945 |
2nd |
20 |
Lennon |
Ronald Stephen |
5118035 |
Pte. |
Eritrea |
18/03/1941 |
1st |
21 |
Levy |
Cyril Victor |
5339330 |
Cpl. |
Burma |
09/05/1944 |
7th |
24 |
Lewis |
Leslie Bernard |
5253467 |
Pte. |
Burma |
19/06/1944 |
7th |
25 |
Lewis |
Raymond |
5252509 |
L./Cpl. |
France |
11/07/1944 |
1st |
27 |
Lillis |
Leslie Thomas |
5253473 |
Pte. |
U.K. |
07/01/1944 |
- |
24 |
Lippitt |
Harold |
5251266 |
Pte. |
Orq, Belgium |
20/05/1940 |
7th |
19 |
Richard |
4918284 |
Cpl. |
Elst, Netherlands |
25/09/1944 |
1st |
25 |
|
Little |
William |
5258316 |
Pte. |
Tripsrath, Germany |
19/11/1944 |
1st |
33 |
Littlewood |
John Samuel Jordan |
5257954 |
Pte. |
Berjou, France |
16/08/1944 |
1st |
33 |
Lloyd |
Herbert Henry |
5253750 |
Pte. |
Dunkirk, France |
29/05/1940 |
8th |
21 |
Locke |
Cedric |
6030050 |
Pte. |
Burma |
19/05/1944 |
7th |
22 |
Lockyer |
Silas Frederick |
5251238 |
Pte. |
Tripsrath, Germany |
19/11/1944 |
1st |
22 |
Lomas |
Thomas Frederick |
1544853 |
Pte. |
Tripsrath, Germany |
19/11/1944 |
1st |
25 |
Lomax |
Alfred |
4197111 |
Pte. |
Orq, Belgium |
20/05/1940 |
7th |
21 |
Charles Walter |
5257792 |
Pte. |
Route de Tilly, France |
29/08/1944 |
1st |
32 |
|
Lovelock |
Maurice |
14758019 |
Pte. |
Imigshof, Germany |
17/02/1945 |
1st |
26 |
Loveridge |
Ernest |
5254725 |
L./Cpl. |
Burma |
24/02/1945 |
7th |
27 |
Lowe |
James |
5257784 |
Pte. |
Mouen, France |
07/07/1944 |
1st |
32 |
Lowe |
Kenneth Victor |
5257791 |
Sergt. |
Elst, Netherlands |
24/09/1944 |
1st |
30 |
Lucas |
Bernard Charles |
5252998 |
Pte. |
Dunkirk, France |
29/05/1940 |
8th |
18 |
Lunt |
Donald Howard |
92392 |
2/Lieut. |
Bruyelle, France |
22/05/1940 |
7th |
22 |
Lyons |
David John |
4968182 |
Cpl. |
At sea (buried in U.K.) |
24/05/1940 |
8th |
?? |
Notes:
Private William Henry Lampitt (5250943) was killed on the 14th November 1942 when the Italian transport ship SS Scillin was torpedoed en route from Tripoli to Sicily with about 815 Commonwealth prisoners-of-war on board (including some 20 men of the 1st Battalion Worcestershire men) and some 200 Italian soldiers.
Captain Frederick Fenwick Lawson (253007) was commissioned as an officer in to the Green Howards (Yorkshire Regiment) and attached to the 1st Battalion Worcestershire Regiment on the 28th December 1944.
Lieutenant Eric Alfred Lawton (180176) was attached to the 12th (Airborne) Battalion Devonshire Regiment.
Private
Leslie Thomas Leighton (5254059) died at sometime between 10/05/1940 and 23/06/1940.