Kerry’s World War I Dead L

LACY. E.
Rank: Private. Regiment or Service: Royal Munster Fusiliers. Unit: 9th Battalion.
Date of Death: 22-July-1917. Service No: 4782. Grave or Memorial Reference: Right of gate, near South-West boundary. Tralee (Ratass) Cemetery, County Kerry.

LAIDE, PHILIP.
Rank: Private. Regiment or Service: Royal Munster Fusiliers. Unit: 1st Battalion.
Age at death: 29. Date of Death: 27-November-1915. Service No: 6317.
Supplementary information: Son of William Laide, of 7, Rock St., Tralee, Co. Kerry. Born in Tralee, County Kerry. Enlisted in Tralee while living in Tralee, County Kerry.  Died in Gallipoli. Grave or Memorial Reference: Panel 185 to 190. He has no known grave but is listed on the Helles Memorial in Turkey.

LAMMETT, THOMAS. 
Rank: Pte. Regiment or Service: Royal Munster Fusiliers. Unit; 2^nd Battalion.
Date of Death:16-July-1916. Age at Death,34. Service No:4330. 
Born in Killarney, County Kerry. Enlisted in Killarney while living in Killarney. Died of wounds.
Supplementary information; Son of George Lammett, of Well Lane, Main St., Killarney. Grave or Memorial Reference: I.2. Cemetery: Dernancourt Communal Cemetery in France.

LANE, JAMES. 
Rank: Lance Corporal.  Regiment or Service: Middlesex Regiment. Unit; 17^th  Battalion. Date of Death:20-July-1916. Age at Death,37. Service No:F/758.  Born in Tralee, County Kerry. Enlisted in Deptford, Kent while living in Sydenham, Kent. Killed in action. Supplementary information; Husband of Elizabeth Mabel Lane, of 3A, Larkbere Rd., Lower Sydenham, London. Grave or Memorial Reference: He has no known grave but is listed on Pier and Face 12D and 13B on the Thiepval Memorial in France.

LANGAN, JOHN.
Rank: Private. Regiment or Service: Royal Munster Fusiliers. Unit: 2nd Battalion.
Date of Death: 08-December-1914. Service No: 7180.
Supplementary information: Nephew of Denis Galvin, of 81, Rock St., Tralee, Co. Kerry. Born in Tralee, County Kerry. Enlisted in Tralee while living in Tralee, County Kerry.  Died. Grave or Memorial Reference: Meteren Churchyard Mem. Cemetery: Meteren Military Cemetery in France.

LARKIN, DAVID.
Rank: Private. Regiment or Service: Royal Munster Fusiliers. Unit: 1st Battalion.
Age at death: 20. Date of Death: 09-September-1916. Service No: 7892.
Supplementary information: Son of David J. and Margaret Larkin, of Main St., Listowel, Co. Kerry. Born in Listowel, County Kerry. Enlisted in Tralee while living in Listowel, County Kerry.  Killed in Action. Grave or Memorial Reference: Pier and Face 16 C. He has no known grave but is listed on the Thiepval Memorial in France.

LAWLER, JAMES. 
Rank: Rifleman. Regiment or Service: King’s Royal Rifle Corps. Unit; 4^th Battalion.
Date of Death:02-March-1915. Age at Death,23. Service No:8553.  Born in Tralee, County Kerry. Enlisted in Accrington while living in Darwen, Lancs. Died of wounds. Supplementary information; Son of the late Patrick and Norah Lawler. Grave or Memorial Reference: Panel 51 and 53. Memorial: Ypres ( Menin Gate ) Memorial in Belgium.

LEAHY. JEREMIAH.
Rank: Private. Regiment or Service: Royal Munster Fusiliers. Unit: 1st Battalion.
Age at death: 20. Date of Death: 10-January-1918. Service No: 3/7298.
Supplementary information: Son of Mrs. Ellen Leahy, of Ballygarrett, Co. Kerry. Born in Lixnaw, County Kerry. Enlisted in Reading while living in Lixnaw, County Kerry. Died. Grave or Memorial Reference: H. 17. Cemetery: St Pol Communal Cemetery Extenstion, Pas-De-Calais, France.

LEAHY, PATRICK D.
Rank: Private. Regiment or Service: Royal Irish Regiment. Unit: 2nd Battalion.
Age at death: 23. Date of Death: 21-August-1918. Service No: 16305. Formerly he was with the Royal Munster Fusiliers where his number was 7474. Born in Brosna, County Kerry. Enlisted in Reading while living in Brosna, County Kerry.  Killed in Action. Supplementary information: Son of Daniel J. Leahy and Catherine Carroll Leahy, of Reacashlagh, Brosna, Co. Kerry. Grave or Memorial Reference: Panel 5 on the Vis-En-Artois Memorial in France.

LEAHY, PERCY EDWARD.
Rank: Lieutenant Colonel, Temporary Major, Acting Lieutenant Colonel. Regiment or Service: York and Lancaster Regiment. Unit: 6th Battalion.
Age at death: 35. Date of Death: 17-July-1918 Awards: Mentioned in Despatches. Supplementary information: Son of Charles E. and Isabel Leahy, of 24, Flander's Mansions, Bedford Park, Chiswick, London. Native of Co. Kerry. Killed in Action. Grave or Memorial Reference: III. E. 13. Cemetery: Mazingarbe Communal Cemetery Extension in France.

LEANE, MICHAEL.
Rank: Private. Regiment or Service: Royal Munster Fusiliers. Unit: 1st Battalion.
Age at death: 37. Date of Death: 01-September-1916. Service No: 7929.
Supplementary information: Son of Dennis and Kate Leane, of Keel, Castlemaine; husband of Ellen Hanlon (formerly Leane), of Ballyhennessy, Lixnaw, Co. Kerry. Born in Lixnaw, County Kerry. Enlisted in Tralee while living in Lixnaw, County Kerry.  Killed in Action. Grave or Memorial Reference: Pier and Face 16 C. He has no known grave but is listed on the Thiepval Memorial in France.

LEARY, DANIEL. See O’LEARY DANIEL.

LEARY, EDWARD.  
Rank: Trimmer.  Regiment or Service: Mercantile Marine. Unit; S.S. "Haverford" (Liverpool).
Date of Death:26-June1917. Age at Death,26.
Born in Tralee. During WW1 the Haverford served as a troopship and was torpedoed by a German submarine with the loss of 7 lives in 1917. She escaped and went back to port and underwent 6 months of repairs. Haverford was torpedoed again in 1918 but the Germans could not sink her. She was finally scrapped in 1925. Grave or Memorial Reference: In South part. Cemetery: Cockhill Catholic Cemetery in Donegal.

LEE, WALTER JAMES.
Rank: Sergeant. Regiment or Service: Leinster Regiment. Unit: 3rd Battalion.
Date of Death: 03-June-1919. Service No: 605.
Supplementary information: Husband of Nora Lee, of Convent St., Listowel, Co. Kerry. This man is only in the Commonwealth War Graves Commission database. Grave or Memorial Reference: C. 35A. Cemetery: Portsdown ( Christ Church) Military Cemetery, UK

LEEHY, PATRICK.  
Rank: Private. Regiment or Service: Australian Infantry, A.I.F. Unit: 11th Battalion.
Age at death: 53. Date of Death: 25-July-1916. Service No: 4241.
Supplementary information: Husband of Mary Jane Leehy, of Montana, Western Australia. Born at Listowel, Ireland. Occupation on enlistment, labourer. Age on enlistment; 44 years 4 months. Next of kin details; (wife) Mary Jane Leehy, Hunt Street, Montana, Coolgardie, W.A. Place and date of enlistment, 15-September-1915. Blackboy Hill, W.A. Weight, 154 lbs. Height, 5 feet, 7 inches. Complexion, medium. Eyes, blue. Hair, turning grey. Listed as ‘missing in action’ 29-July-1916 and later changed to ‘killed in action’ after a Court of enquiry held on 20-June-1917. His wife Mary Jane received a pension of 40 shillings per fortnight from 26-September-1916.  All he had in his personal effects when he was killed was a hymn book and a brush. Memorial: Villers-Bretonneux Memorial. Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery in France.  [Related Documents]

LEEN, DANIEL.
Rank: Private. Regiment or Service: Royal Munster Fusiliers. Unit: "B" Coy. 2nd Battalion.
Age at death: 19. Date of Death: 21-March-1918. Service No: 10664.
Supplementary information: Son of Daniel and Margaret Leen, of Garrynagore, Lixnaw, Co. Kerry. Born in Lixnaw, County Kerry. Enlisted in Tralee, County Kerry.  Killed in Action. Grave or Memorial Reference: Panel 78 and 79. He has no known grave but is listed on the Pozieres Memorial in France.

LEEN, STEPHEN. 
Rank: Rilfleman.  Regiment or Service: Rifle Brigade. Unit; 3^rd Battalion.
Date of Death:31-July-1917. Service No:B/200197. Formerly he was with the London Regiment where his number was 5992. Born in Dirtane, Kerry, Ireland. Enlisted in Holloway, Middlesex while living in Upper Holloway, Middlesex. Killed in Action. Grave or Memorial Reference: He has no known grave but is listed on Panel 46-48 and 50 on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial in Belgium.

LISTON, JOHN.
Rank: Private. Regiment or Service: Irish Guards. Unit: 15th Battalion.
Age at death: 35. Date of Death: 08-March-1915. Service No: 1194.
Supplementary information: Son of the late Edward and Bridget O'Gorman (formerly Liston), of Tireclea, Tarbert, Co. Kerry. Born in Tarbert, County Kerry. Enlisted in Tralee, County Kerry.  Killed in Action. Grave or Memorial Reference: Panel 4. He has no known grave but is listed on the Le Touret Memorial in France.

LITTLEWOOD, WILLIAM.
Rank: Private. Regiment or Service: York and Lancaster Regiment. Unit: 9th Battalion. Age at death: 33. Date of Death: 09-February-1916. Service No: 19220. Formerly he was with the Yorkshire Light Infantry where his number was 16687. Born in Emley, Huddersfield. Enlisted in Barnsley.  Killed in Action.
Supplementary information: Son of George and Anne Littlewood, of Butt's Farm, Emley Moor, Wakefield; husband of Margaret Littlewood, of Beaufort, Co. Kerry. Grave or Memorial Reference: I. H. 32. Cemetery: Rue-David Military Cemetery, Fleurbaix in France.

LOCKE, ALBERT EDWARD.
Rank: Private. Regiment or Service: Royal Munster Fusiliers. Unit: 1st Battalion.
Age at death: 30. Date of Death: 27-November-1915. Service No: 8314. Born in Ss Peter and Pauls, Cork. Enlisted in Tralee while living in Tralee, County Kerry.  Killed in Action in Gallipoli.
Supplementary information: Son of Frederick Locke, of 14, Connors Lane, Boherbee Tralee, Co. Kerry. Grave or Memorial Reference: Panel 185 to 190. He has no known grave but is listed on the Helles Memorial in Turkey.

LONG. PATRICK.
Rank: Staff Sergeant. Regiment or Service: Royal Garrison Artillery. Unit: 355th Siege Battery.
Age at death: 25. Date of Death: 28-August-1918. Service No: 187715. Born in Dingle, County Kerry. Enlisted in Eccles, Lancs while living in Dingle, County Kerry.  Killed in Action.
Supplementary information: Son of Michael and Nora Long, of Strand St., Dingle, Co. Kerry. Grave or Memorial Reference: Z. 14. Cemetery: Carnoy Military Cemetery in France.

LONG, PATRICK. No 11328. See LYONS, PATRICK JOHN.

LONG, WILLIAM.
Rank: Private. Regiment or Service: Irish Guards. Unit: 1st Battalion.
Age at death: 19. Date of Death: 17-September-1916. Service No: 7861.
Supplementary information: Son of Michael and Nora Long, of Strand St., Dingle, Co. Kerry. Born in Dingle, County Kerry. Enlisted in Tralee, County Kerry.  Killed in Action. Grave or Memorial Reference: Pier and Face 7 D. He has no known grave but is listed on the Thiepval Memorial in France.

LOONEY, DANIEL.
Rank: Private. Regiment or Service: Corp of Royal Engineers. Unit; 130th Field Company.
Date of Death:12-April-1917. Service No:97333. Enlisted in Tralee. Died of wounds at home.
Supplementary information; Husband of Catherine Looney, of Chapel St., Ardfert. Grave or Memorial Reference: In the north east corner of Ardfert Cemetery.

LOW, JAMES.
Rank: Lance Sergeant. Regiment or Service: Black Watch (Royal Highlanders). Unit: 1st Battalion.
Age at death: 25. Date of Death: 09-May-1915. Service No: 874.
Supplementary information: Son of Mr Jean Scrimegour Low, of 53, Lorne St., Lochee, Dundee; husband of Nellie Low, of Ballyreigue, Tralee, Co. Kerry. Born in Dundee, Forfarshire. Enlisted in Dundee.  Killed in Action. Grave or Memorial Reference: Panels 24 to 26. He has no known grave but is listed on the Le Touret Memorial in France.

LUCEY/LUCY, TIMOTHY.
Rank: Private. Regiment or Service: Irish Guards. Unit: 1st Battalion.
Age at death: 24. Date of Death: 17-September-1916. Service No: 8268. Born in Kilorglin, County Kerry. Enlisted in Tralee, County Kerry.  Killed in Action. Supplementary information: Son of John and Ellen Lucy, of Knockaboola, Killorglin, Co. Kerry. Grave or Memorial Reference: Pier and Face 7 D. He has no known grave but is listed on the Thiepval Memorial in France.

LUCITT, EDWARD.
Rank: Private. Regiment or Service: Irish Guards. Unit;1^st Battalion.
Date of Death:14-September-1914. Age at Death,30. Service No:2225.
Born in Labasheeda, County Clare. Enlisted in Cork while living in Tralee, County Kerry. Died of wounds.
Supplementary information; Son of E. Lucitt and Margaret Falvey Lucitt, of 3, Bridge St., Tralee. Grave or Memorial Reference: III.1. Cemetery: Guards Grave, Villers Cotterets Forest in France.

LUCITT, JOHN.  
Rank: Lance Corporal.  Regiment or Service: Irish Guards. Unit;1^st Battalion.
Date of Death:06-November-1914.  Service No:3947. Born in Labasheeda, County Clare.  Enlisted in Tralee, County Kerry.  Killed in Action. Grave or Memorial Reference: Panel 11. Memorial: Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial in Belgium.

LUCITT, JOSEPH.
Rank: Private. Regiment or Service: Machine Gun Corps. Unit: Infantry.
Date of Death: 14-April-1918. Service No: 9457. Formerly he was with the Connaught Rangers where his number was 6170. Born in Tralee, County Kerry. Enlisted in Liverpool while living in Tralee, County Kerry. Died at home. Grave or Memorial Reference: In North part. Tralee (Ratass) Cemetery, County Kerry.

LUNNEY, JAMES.
Rank: Corporal. Regiment or Service: Rifle Brigade. Unit: 1st Battalion.
Age at death: 27. Date of Death: 13-May-1915. Service No: 5113.
Supplementary information: Son of James Lunney, of Upper Church St., Listowel, Co. Kerry. Born in Castlefinn, County Donegal. Enlisted in Tralee, County Londonderry(sic) while living in Listowel, County Kerry.  Killed in Action. Grave or Memorial Reference: Panel 46 - 48 and 50. He has no known grave but is listed on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial in Belgium.

LYNCH. C J.
Rank: Sapper. Regiment or Service: Royal Corps of Signals. Unit: Aden Bde. Signal Sect.
Age at death: 36. Date of Death: 07-November-1920. Service No: 614329. This man is only in the Commonwealth War Graves Commission database.
Supplementary information: Son of Mr. and Mrs. Finian Lynch, of Kilmakerin, Cahirciveen, Co. Kerry. Grave or Memorial Reference: D. 59. Cemetery: Maala Cemetery in Yemen.

LYNCH, DANIEL. 
Rank: Pte.  Regiment or Service: Royal Munster Fusiliers. Unit; 2nd Battalion.
Date of Death:13-November-1914. Service No:4263.  Born in Ballyduff, County Kerry. Enlisted in Tralee while living in Ballyduff, County Kerry.  Killed in Action. Grave or Memorial Reference: He has no known grave but is listed on Panel 44 on the Ypres ( Menin Gate ) Memorial in Belgium.

LYNCH, JAMES.
Rank: Fireman. Regiment or Service: Mercantile Marine Reserve. Unit: H.M.P.M.S. "Lady Clare."
Age at death: 44. Date of Death: 25-August-1918. Service No: 381AB Grave or Memorial Reference: A. B. Cemetery: Killarney (Muckross Abbey) Cemetery, County Kerry.

LYNCH, MICHAEL.
Rank: Private. Regiment or Service: Royal Munster Fusiliers. Unit;1^st Battalion.
Date of Death:01-May-1915. Service No:9548.
Born in Kilrush, County Clare. Enlisted in Tralee, County Kerry while living in Tralee.
Killed in Action in Gallipoli. Grave or Memorial Reference: Panel 185 to 190. He has no known grave but is listed on the Helles Memorial in Turkey.

LYNCH, MICHAEL J. 
Rank: Lance Corporal.  Regiment or Service: Irish Guards Unit; 2^nd Battalion.
Date of Death:13-September-1916. Service No:7655.  Born in Tralee, County Kerry. Enlisted in Tralee. Killed in action. Grave or Memorial Reference: He has no known grave but is listed on Pier and Face 7D on the Thiepval Memorial in France.

LYNCH, MICHAEL.
Rank: Lance Corporal. Regiment or Service: Royal Munster Fusiliers. Unit: "B" Coy. 2nd Battalion.
Age at death: 19. Date of Death: 01-June-1916. Service No: 6466. Enlisted in Tralee, County Kerry while living in Tarbett(sic), County Kerry.
Supplementary information: Son of Ellen Kelly (formerly Lynch), of Kilpadogue, Tarbert, Co. Kerry, and the late James Lynch. Grave or Memorial Reference: B. 4. Cemetery: Bully-Grenay Communal Cemetery, French Extension in France.

LYONS, JOHN.
Rank: Private. Regiment or Service: Royal Munster Fusiliers Secondary Regiment: Labour Corps Secondary. Unit: transferred to (335986) 659th (H.S.) Empl. Co.
Date of Death: 03-February-1918. Service No: 4868. Born in Castlemaine and enlisted in Tralee. Died at home.
Supplementary information: Husband of J. Lyons, of 13, Francis St., Tralee. Grave or Memorial Reference: Middle of right section. Cemetery: Tralee Military Cemetery, County Kerry.

LYONS, JOHN. 
Rank: Pte.  Regiment or Service: Scottish Rifles. Unit; 9^th Battalion.
Date of Death:22-August-1917. Service No:41493.  Born in Tralee, County Kerry. Enlisted in Dumfries while living in Tralee, County Kerry. Killed in action. Grave or Memorial Reference:H.14. Cemetery: Hermies British Cemetery, Pas-De-Calais, France.

LYONS, PATRICK JOHN.
Rank: Sergeant. Regiment or Service: Royal Garrison Artillery. Unit: "Z" 30th Trench Mortar Battery.
Age at death: 35. Date of Death: 07-December-1916. Service No: 11328. Born in Durgh(sic), County Kerry. This man is listed under LONG, PATRICK in Ireland’s Memorial Records. Enlisted in Cork while living in Knockalougha Listowel, County Kerry.  Killed in Action. He won the Military Medal and is listed in the London Gazette. Supplementary information: Son of Mr. and Mrs. John Lyons, of Knockalough, Co. Kerry; husband of Mrs. Lyons, of 46, French St., Southampton. Grave or Memorial Reference: I. J. 9. Cemetery: Bellacourt Military Cemetery, Riviere, Pas-de-Calais, France.