Laursen
First name(s)/Initials: Christian Almfort
Service number: 14197250
Rank: Gunner
Regiment/Service: Royal Artillery
Unit(s)/Ship: 39th Medium Regiment
Additional info: Born 18.5.1922.
Decorations/Campaign medals: General Service Medal 1918-62 with Palestine 1945-48 clasp
Force served: United Kingdom
Source(s): GSM 1918-62 Palestine 1945-48 medal roll + Ex-Army 45
Laursen
First name(s)/Initials: Harold Nicolai George
Service number: 687360
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: Canadian Infantry
Unit(s)/Ship: 47th Battalion
Additional info: Born 24.10.1895, Copenhagen. Next of kin: Father George Laursen, Aarhus. Labourer. Enlisted at Kamloops, British Columbia 29.6.1916. Killed in action 26.10.1917 (Second Passchendaele).
Decorations/Campaign medals: British War Medal and Victory Medal
Force served: Canadian
Source(s): Canadian Great War Project + CWGC
Link 1:
CWGC
Link 2:
Canadian Great War Project
Lessels
First name(s)/Initials: Erik
Service number: 14195437
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
Additional info: Born 7.12.1922. M.E.L.F. - Sudan
Force served: United Kingdom
Source(s): Ex-Army 45 + HISAM
Lillesø-Jensen
First name(s)/Initials: Henning Preben
Service number: 14195868
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: The Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment/Royal Sussex Regiment
Unit(s)/Ship: 5 Platoon, D Company (QORWKR)
Additional info: Posted to Royal Sussex Regiment
Force served: United Kingdom
Source(s): Army Book 258 - Maidstone Museum & Bentlif Art Gallery
Photo #1:
Lind
First name(s)/Initials: Frants Vilhelm
Service number: 5943
Rank: Serjeant
Regiment/Service: East African Military Labour Corps
Additional info: Born ca. 1873. Son of M. and N. Lind, Ribe, Denmark; husband of May B. Lind, of Cold Creek Ranch, Kelseyville, California, U.S.A. Died 17.2.1919. Buried Nairobi South Cemetery.
Decorations/Campaign medals: Medaille Militaire 2nd Class (Belgium).
Force served: South African
Source(s): CWGC
Link 1:
CWGC
Linstow-Nielsen
First name(s)/Initials: E.
Service number: 14195128
Rank: Gunner
Regiment/Service: Royal Artillery
Decorations/Campaign medals: General Service Medal 1918-62 with Palestine 1945-48 clasp
Source(s): GSM 1918-62 Palestine 1945-48 medal roll
Lippmann
First name(s)/Initials: Olaf Lund
Service number: 329001
Rank: Major
Regiment/Service: Royal East Kent Regiment (The Buffs)
Decorations/Campaign medals: Member of the British Empire (P.O.W.), Legion of Merit (Degree of Officer)
Force served: United Kingdom
Source(s): HISAM (Dragon) + London Gazette
Link 1:
London Gazette 4.6.1946 (MBE)
Lok-Lindeblad
First name(s)/Initials: Preben Ole
Service number: 274253
Rank: Lieutenant
Regiment/Service: Royal East Kent Regiment (The Buffs)
Decorations/Campaign medals: Military Cross
Force served: United Kingdom
Source(s): London Gazette
Link 1:
London Gazette 6.6.1946