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

Lawson

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

Lithgow

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

Long

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.

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