Regiment: Border Regiment

Lamb, George William –

Of 31, Brougham Street, Bolton, Lancashire. Caught aged 34 as an absentee from Great Crosby, Liverpool since 07/05/1918 appearing before Bolton Magistrates 09/05/1918 to be sent back to his unit under escort. (Bolton Archives: JBO/1/29).

Lamb, Robert –

Son of Robert and Margaret Lamb, of Newcastle-on-Tyne, Northumberland. Formerly King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regiment.

Lane, Peter –

Son of Peter and Maria Lane, of 5, Peveril Street, Morris Green Lane, Bolton, Lancashire. Enlisted January 1915. Died of pneumonia in hospital in France.

Lawson, William –

Son of William and Mary Lawson, of 5, Brighton Street, Salford, Lancashire.

Lawson, Harry –

Son of James Lawson; husband of Mary Ellen Davies (formerly Lawson, nee Rogerson), of 65, Platt Lane, Hindley, Lancashire, and formerly of 12, Low Mill Lane, Hindley, Lancashire. Attached 93rd Infantry Brigade HQ.

Lever, Benjamin –

Of 54, Irving Street, Bolton, Lancashire. Enlisted March 1915, Welsh Regiment. Enlisted May 1915.

Levis, James –

Son of Martha Ann Levis, of 17, Middlewood Street, Salford, Lancashire.

Lewis, Cyril –

Son of Walter James and Sarah Lewis, of 44, Weston Street, Bolton, Lancashire. Of Summerfield, 462, Manchester Road, Bolton, Lancashire. Enlisted January 1915.

Lewis, Robert Francis –

Husband of Eliza Alice Lewis, of 19, Leyland Grove, Swinton, Lancashire. Formerly 16473, Lancashire Fusiliers.

Leyland, Herbert B –

Son of Mrs. Elizabeth Alice Leyland, of 13, Sunning Hill Street, Daubhill, Bolton, Lancashire. Enlisted January 1915.

Lightbown, Benjamin –

Son of Thomas and Elizabeth Lightbown, of Kearsley, Lancashire; husband of Mary Jane Lightbown (nee Tudge), of 91, Cleggs Lane, Little Hulton, Lancashire. His brother-in-law George Metcalfe enlisted at the same time and served in the same Bn. Caught aged 25 as an absentee from 3rd Bn., Border Regiment at Great Crosby, Liverpool since 17/08/1918 appearing before Bolton Magistrates 19/08/1918 to be sent back to his unit under escort. (Bolton Archives: JBO/1/29).

Livesey, Harry –

Son of Mrs. Livesey, of 184, Rishton Lane, Bolton, Lancashire, and formerly of 137, High Street, Bolton, Lancashire. Enlisted December 1914. Caught aged 19 as an absentee from Shoeburyness since 12/01/1915 appearing before Bolton Magistrates 19/01/1915 to be sent back to his unit under escort. (Bolton Archives: JBO/1/25). Posted missing since 01/07/1916 and subsequently presumed killed.

Lloyd, Charles William –

Son of Charles William and Mary Alice Lloyd, of 32, Willow Street, Oswestry, Shropshire, and formerly of 146, Derby Street, Bolton, Lancashire. An old boy of Clarendon Street Council School. Formerly Private 26693, 13th Bn., South Lancashire Regiment. Wounded and blinded 07/08/1918 by the explosion of a German munition dump, which the enemy had mined during their retreat, and which he was endeavouring to capture, and died in hospital in France three days later.