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| LACEY | Alexander William | Flight
Lieutenant 103503, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died 21 December
1941. Aged 30. Son of Alexander and Lillia Lacey, of Luton. Buried in LUTON GENERAL CEMETERY, Bedfordshire. Grave
7280-1. |
| LACEY | Ralph | Civilian.
Injured as a result of enemy action at Vauxhall Motors Ltd on Friday
30 August 1940, and died the same day at The Luton & Dunstable Hospital.
Aged 32. Lived at 157 Graham Gardens, Luton. See
also Vauxhall Motors Memorial
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| LAMB | C E | No
further information currently available |
| LAND | Herbert John |
Private 5777484. D Company, 5th Bn., Royal Norfolk Regiment. Died during the Japanese invasion of Singapore Saturday 14 February 1942. Age 22. Lived at 74 Wenlock Street, Luton. Herbert John Land was born 6 January 1920, the son of John Land of Luton (known as Jack) and Annie Land (nee McNeil), originally from Falkirk, Scotland. He was originally buried at the Pagoda Lawn on Braddel Road in Singapore. His remains were exhumed later and he was re-interred by the CWGC at Kranji. Buried in KRANJI WAR CEMETERY, Singapore. Plot 12. Row A. Grave 9. (additional information courtesy of his nephew, Howard Hodges). See also Vauxhall Motors Memorial
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| LANE | Ronald Ernest | Sapper
14577224, 501 Field Company, Royal Engineers. Died 26 February 1944.
Aged 20. Son of William Frederick and Rose Lane, of Luton, Bedfordshire;
husband of Ellen Lane, of Leagrave, Luton. Inscription in Holy Trinty
Churchyard. Buried in/Commemorated on BEACH HEAD WAR CEMETERY, ANZIO,
Italy. V. B. 8. |
| LANG | J | No
further information currently available |
| LARGE | Horace William | Private
222576, Royal Army Service Corps. Died 31 May 1942. Aged 30. Son
of Arthur and Ellen Large, of Luton, Bedfordshire; husband of Kate
Irene Large, of Luton. Buried in/Commemorated on TOBRUK WAR CEMETERY,
Libya. 1. H. 12. |
| LARGE | Leslie William | Stoker
1st Class C/KX 527523, H.M.S. Verulam, Royal Navy. Died 12 November
1944. Aged 19. Son of Mrs. J. Large, of Luton, Bedfordshire. Buried
in/Commemorated on CHATHAM NAVAL MEMORIAL, United Kingdom. 78, 1. |
| LAW | Harold John |
Lance
Serjeant 913912. 419 Bty. 148 (The Bedfordshire Yeo.) Field Regt.,
Royal Artillery. Lost at sea as a prisoner of the Japanese on Tuesday
12 September 1944. Age 28. Lived at 8 Kent Road, Luton. Son of George
Frederick and Mary Law; husband of Dorothy Lilian Law, of Luton,
Bedfordshire. No known grave. Commemorated on SINGAPORE MEMORIAL,
Singapore. Column 36. See
also Vauxhall Motors Memorial
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| LAWRENCE | Derek | Leading
Aircraftman 1153031, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died 13
April 1941. Son of Henry and Olive Lawrence, of Luton, Bedfordshire.
No known grave. Commemorated on RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL, Surrey. Panel
56. |
| LAWRENCE | J | No
further information currently available |
| LAZELL | O J | No
further information currently available |
| LECKIE | Robert Kelly | Able
Seaman P/CD/X 1301, H.M.S. Kimberley., Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve.
Died 14 August 1940. Aged 26. Son of David and Helen Leckie; husband
of Corinna Sylvia Leckie, of Luton, Bedfordshire. Buried in/Commemorated
on PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, United Kingdom. Panel 44, Column 3. |
| LEMMON | Douglas James William | Private
5955634. 5th Battalion Bedfordshire & Hertfordshire
Regiment. Lost at sea as prisoner of the Japanese, 21 September
1944. Age 24. Son of Frederick John William and Violet May Lemmon
of Luton; husband of Elsie Lemmon of Coventry. Lived at 74 Ferndale
Road, Luton. No known grave. Commemorated on Singapore memorial,
Singapore. Column 64.
See
also Luton Co-Op |
| LETTING | B | No
further information currently available |
| LEWIS | Ivor Rees | Pilot
Officer 139836. Bomb Aimer 166 Sqdn., Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Died Friday 13 August 1943. Lived at 36 Tennyson Road,
Luton. Police Constable (P.C.98). Buried in FOUESNANT COMMUNAL CEMETERY,
Finistere, France. Grave 2. See also See also Luton
Police WW2 |
| LITTLE | J F S | No
further information currently available |
| LOCKEY | Roy Cecil Gale | Lance
Corporal 5833309, 2nd Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Died 20 May 1944.
Aged 30. Son of Fred and Lily Lockey, of Broom, Bedfordshire; husband
of Annie Lockey, of Leagrave, Luton, Bedfordshire. Buried in/Commemorated
on RANGOON MEMORIAL, Myanmar. Face 7. |
| LONG | Kenneth Lines | Sergeant
755181, 29 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died 19
June 1940. Aged 21. Son of Harry Lines Long and Olive Sarah Long,
of Luton, Bedfordshire. No known grave. Commemorated on RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL, Surrey. Panel 16. |
| LONG | Ronald | Gunner
948849, 512 Bty. 148 (The Bedfordshire Yeomanry) Field Regiment,
Royal Artillery. Died 13 February 1942. Aged 23. Son of George and
Daisy Long, of Luton, Bedfordshire. No known grave. Commemorated on SINGAPORE MEMORIAL, Kranji War Cemetery, Singapore. Column 38. |
| LONG | S J | No
further information currently available |
| LOVELOCK | M J | No
further information currently available |
| LUBBOCK | Cecil Alfred |
Trooper
410584, 3rd Carabiniers (Prince of Wales's Dragoon Guards), Royal
Armoured Corps. Died 8 May 1944. Aged 22. Son of Jacob Thomas Lubbock
and Ada Ellen Lubbock, of Luton. Bedfordshire. Buried in/Commemorated
on IMPHAL WAR CEMETERY, India. 2. B. 1. |
| LUSTY | A D | No
further information currently available |
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