Newport Cenotaph SWW (K-L)

Newport Cenotaph Second Wold War. Surnames K-L

  • Kalahar, Donald, 19, 22nd September 1945, Royal Artillery, 14726084, Gunner. Son of Daniel and Martha Kalahar. Newport (Christchurch) Cemetery.
  • Karin, Johannes, 52, 2nd September 1944, Merchant Navy, SS Alden Gifford, Able Seaman. Newquay (Fairpark) Cemetery.
  • Kear, Francis Albert Thomas, 28, 13th January 1942, Merchant Navy, SS Lerwick, Fireman and Trimmer. Son of Arthur William and Martha Annie Kear, of Risca. Tower Hill Memorial.
  • Kear, Ronald, 23, 1st January 1945, Royal Air Force (VR), 83 Sqdn., 1314473, Flight Sergeant. Son of Harry Kear, and of Elizabeth Kear. Runnymede Memorial.
  • Keefler, Arthur, Merchant Navy. Died in Second World War.
  • Keepin, Reginald Harold , 26, 16th December 1944, Royal Artillery, 1511708, Bombardier. Son of Frederick William and Florence LavinaKeepin; husband of Ivy May Keepin, of St. Philips, Bristol. Bristol (Arnos Vale) Cemetery.
  • Kellow, John, 22, 23rd August 1945, Merchant Navy, SS E. Hayward, Ordinary Seaman. Son of Nicholas and Julia Kellow, of Pontnewydd. Cwmbran Cemetery.
  • Kempster, Andre George, 21st August 1943, Royal Armoured Corps, 138804, Major, awarded George Cross. Bone War Cemetery. The London Gazette of 9th November 1943, states that this officer was awarded the George Cross "in recognition of most conspicuous gallantry in carrying out hazardous work in a very brave manner". Major Kempster threw himself upon a live grenade to save the lives of recruits on the practice range at Phillipeville, Algeria.
  • Kenny, Douglas, 25, 20th February 1944, Royal Air Force, 514 Sqdn., 542541, Sergeant (Air Gnr.). Son of James Charles and Rosina Kenny, Rheinberg War Cemetery.
  • Kerswell, Edwin, 48, 6th May 1947, Royal Artillery, 4078573, Gunner. Husband of Amelia Julia Churchill Kerswell. Newport (St Woolos) Cemetery.
  • Keyes, John Francis, 29, 19th August 1944, Monmouthshire Regiment, 174273, Major, Francis Joseph and Elizabeth Keyes. Tilly-Sur-Seulles War Cemetery. Commemorated locally at St Julian's High School, St Mary's RC Church and Newport Rugby Club.
  • Keyes, Herbert Thomas, 25th February 1944, Royal Navy, HMS Mahratta, D/KX 112299, Stoker 1st Class. Plymouth Naval Memorial.
  • Keyse, Charles Edward, 26, 20th May 1940 - 1st June 1940, Royal Engineers, 837929, Sapper. Son of Mr and Mrs Charles Edwin Keyse. Husband of Lottie Keyse of 31 Lucas Street. Dunkirk Town Cemetery. Commemorated locally at St Michael's RC Church.
  • Keyse, Cyril John, 19, 8th June 1940, Royal Navy, HMS Glorious, D/JX 148061, Able Seaman. Son of William Henry and Mary Eliza Keyse. Plymouth Naval Memorial.
  • Keyse, Donald, 28, 28th March 1941, Merchant Navy, SS Koranton, Able Seaman. Son of James Robert and Margaret Keyse. Tower Hill Memorial. Commemorated locally on parents grave at St Woolos Cemetery.
  • Keyse, Trevor, 19, 21st August 1940, Merchant Navy, SS Anglo Saxon, Steward. Son of James Robert and Margaret Keyse. Tower Hill Memorial. Commemorated locally on parents grave at St Woolos Cemetery.
  • Kiff, Denzil Albert, 9th August 1942, Royal Navy, HMS President III, D/JX 219199, Able Seaman. Plymouth Naval Memorial.
  • Kilmister, Bernard George Cedric, 28, 5th May 1943, Royal Army Ordnance Corps., 7612089, Private. Son of James William and Annie Letitia Kilminster. Chungkai War Cemetery.
  • King, William Edwin, 31, 4th October 1943,  Royal Artillery, 817818, Bombardier. Son of Thomas and Eleanor May King; husband of Ernestine Isabelle King. Sangro River War Cemetery.
  • Kinnear, Alfred Bolton, 20, 20th January 1942, Royal Air Force (VR), 1312884, Leading Aircraftman. Son of James and Ellen Mary Kinnear, of Caerleon. Montgomery (Oakwood) Cemetery.
  • Kleedorfer, Tibor, 21, 20th March 1942, Pioneer Corps, 13805806, Private. Newport Jewish Cemetery.
  • Knight, Charles, 78, 11th July 1941, Civilian, of 29 Archibald Street. Died at 131 Stow Hill (St Woolos Hospital).
  • Knight, Thomas Frederick, 28, 6th August 1944, Royal Artillery, 976466, Gunner. Son of Frederick Knight, and of Elizabeth A. Knight, of Plymouth. Florence War Cemetery.
  • Knowles, Eric James, 22, 24th December 1940, Merchant Navy, SS British Premier, Fourth Engineer Officer. Son of James Thomas Knowles, and of Florence Lizette Knowles. Tower Hill Memorial.
  • Knowles, James Henry, 56, 7th October 1941, Civilian, Fire Guard; of 15 Park Avenue, Rogerstone. Son of James and Ruth Knowles, of Victoria Terrace, Rogerstone; husband of Marguerite Knowles. Died at 15 Park Avenue, Rogerstone. Commemorated locally at Rogerstone Public Library.
  • Knowles, Marguerite, 43, 7th October 1941, Civilian, of 15 Park Avenue, Rogerstone. Daughter of B. O. and Emily Bethell, of Hillcrest Gardens, Rogerstone; wife of James Henry Knowles. Died at 15 Park Avenue.Commemorated locally at Rogerstone Public Library.
  • Knutsen, Peter Kaurin, 44, 28th March 1941, Merchant Navy, SS Koranton, Able Seaman. Son of Claus and Emma Knutsen. Tower Hill Memorial.
  • Kronsberg, Louis Albert,  64, 5th March 1943, Merchant Navy, SS Empire Tower, Chief Steward. Husband of Alice Ethel Kronsberg. Tower Hill Memorial.
  • Kuck, Peter, 45, 2nd July 1941, Merchant Navy, SS Toronto City (Bristol), Boatswain. Son of Peter and Margaret Kuck. Tower Hill Memorial. Commemorated locally at St Michael's RC Church.
  • Laing, Agnes, 51, 14th November 1940, Civilian, of 2 Westfield Crescent. Died at 37 Grosvenor Road, Coventry.
  • Lachanudis, Frank, 21, 14th January 1942, Merchant Navy, SS Caledonian Monarch, Able Seaman. Son of Paulos N. and Grace Maud Lachanudis of Hull. Tower Hill Memorial.
  • Lamb, Gordon Richard, 20, 16th December 1941, Royal Air Force (VR), 149842, Pilot Officer (Obs.). Son of Stanley Aubrey and Clarice Edith Lamb. Newport (St Woolos) Cemetery. Commemorated locally at Newport Rugby Club and St Mark’s Church.
  • Lampree, Stanley, 25, 25th July 1944, South Wales Borderers, 3914046, Corporal. Son of Edgar John and Mabel Lampree, of Nash. Bayeux War Cemetery.
  • Landers, Bert Bartholomew, 34, 15th September 1941, Merchant Navy, SS Empire Eland. Tower Hill Memorial.
  • Landreth, Conrad, 57, 17th November 1942, Merchant Navy, SS Widestone. Tower Hill Memorial.
  • Lane, Anthony Winter, 24, 30th January 1943, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, 88241, Flight Lieutenant (Pilot). Son of Sidney David and Elsie Margrett Lane; husband of Ruth Margaret Lane, of Battersea, London. Cheltenham Crematorium.
  • Lang, Charles Henry, 36, 2nd July 1944, Welsh Guards, 2731946, Warrant Officer Class II (C.S.M.). Son of George and Ann Jane Lang. Newport (St Woolos) Cemetery.
  • Langley, James John Roy, 21, 9th February 1945, Royal Welch Fusiliers, 3915663, Fusilier. Son of James Patrick and Gladys Gwendoline Langley,. Taukkyan War Cemetery.
  • Lankesheer, Frank, 17th September 1944, Royal Artillery, 166221, Major, Rangoon Memorial.Commemorated locally at Newport Rugby Club and St Mark’s Church.
  • Lawery, Thomas, 35, 5th July 1942, Royal Horse Artillery, 117719, Captain, Awarded Military Cross. Son of James and Alice Lawery; husband of Elizabeth Sarah Lawery. El Alamein War Cemetery.
  • Lawlor, Arthur David, 36, 22nd February 1942, Merchant Navy, MV Adellen, Able Seaman. Husband of Dorothy Lawlor. Tower Hill Memorial.
  • Lawrence, Harold Colin, 21, 19th May 1939, Palestinian Police Force. Killed on duty during rioting. Latin cemetery, Jerusalem.
  • Lawson, David, 31, 19/20th September 1944, Royal Artillery, 783668, B.S.M. Warrant Officer Class II. Son of David and Agnes Lawson; husband of Dorothy May Lawson, of Jersey, Channel Islands. Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery.
  • Lean, Henry Maxwell, 31, 22nd May 1941, Royal Navy, HMS Gloucester, Petty Officer Sick Berth. Husband of Evelyn Laura Lean. Plymouth Naval Memorial.
  • Leatherland, Leslie Gordon, 28, 25th August 1943, Royal Air Force (VR), Sergeant (Pilot), 1316964. Son of George and Elisbeth Leatherland; husband of Joan Leatherland. Newport (St Woolos) Cemetery.
  • Ledger, Leslie George, 25, 18th October1941, Somerset Light Infantry, 5672423, Private. Son of Frederick and Alice Mary Ledger, of Caerleon. Gibraltar (North Front) Cemetery.
  • Leeden, Charles, 47, 5th July 1941, Merchant Navy, SS Fowey Rose, Mate. Tower Hill Memorial.
  • Leek, Reginald Stuart, 36, 18th April 1943, Royal Navy, HMS President III, D/JX 243131, Able Seaman. Husband of Ellen Leek. Plymouth Naval Memorial.
  • Leonard, Robert S, Merchant Navy. Died in Second World War.
  • Lester, Albert Edward, 19, 29th May 1940, Royal Engineers, 2181547, Sapper. Dunkirk Town Cemetery.
  • Lester, William McKinley, 23, 10th August 1944, Monmouthshire Regiment, 3913576, Private. Son of George and Catherine Lester. Bayeux War Cemetery. Commemorated locally at St Michael's Church.
  • Lethbridge, Charles Harold, 6th June 1944, Royal Navy, HMLCT 717,  C/MX 125407, Petty Officer Motor Mechanic. Chatham Naval Memorial.
  • Lewis, Brinley Gordon, 19, 29th October 1942, Merchant Navy, SS Bullmouth. Son of Mr and Mrs Thomas Lewis, of New Tredegar.
  • Lewis, Ernest Frederick James, between 10th  May 1940 - 8th November 1940, Welsh Guards, L/Corporal, 44 Caerleon Road. Son of Edward and Mary Lewis. Husband of Edith May Lewis, St. Martin-Boulogne Communal Cemetery.
  • Lewis, Glyn Norton, 21, 31st December 1942, Royal Navy, HMS Bramble, D/JX 250540, Telegraphist. Son of Stanley and Laura Lewis, of Abercarn. Plymouth Naval Memorial.
  • Lewis, Gwilym Ivor, 26, 12th August 1941, Royal Air Force, 226 Sqdn., 44668, Flight Lieutenant (Pilot). Son of Gwilym John and Edith M. Lewis; husband of Barbara Estelle Lewis, of Redditch, Worcestershire, Flushing (Vlissingen) Northern Cemetery. Commemorated locally at St Mark’s Church.
  • Lewis, Hadyn (Haydon) Roy, 33, 23rd March 1942, Royal Navy, HMS Cleopatra, P/JX 291922, Ordinary Seaman, Mentioned in Dispatches. Husband of Catherine Mary Lewis. Portsmouth Naval Memorial. Commemorated locally at St Julian's High School.
  • Lewis, Henry Charles, 29, 18th October 1943, Reconnaissance Corps, 3969606, Trooper. Son of Reuben and Rosina Mary Lewis; husband of Doris Lewis, of Treorchy, Rhondda. Sangro River War Cemetery.
  • Lewis, John James, 27, 5th August 1944, South Wales Borderers, 3910987, Corporal. Husband of Kathleen Margaret Lewis. Taukkyan War Cemetery.
  • Lewis, Maurice Harry, 26, 21st July 1944, Monmouthshire Regiment, 3910920, Private. Husband of Ellen N. Lewis, Ryes War Cemetery. Commemorated locally at Lysaght’s (Orb) Steelworks.
  • Lewis, Owen Glyndwr, 25, 13th October 1943,  Leicestershire Regiment, 3915831, Private. Son of Albert Raymond and Agnes Lewis. Minturno War Cemetery.
  • Lewis, Reginald T, Royal Air Force, Sergeant. Died in Second World War.
  • Lewis, Richard William, 37, 24th October 1943, Royal Navy, HMS Eclipse, D/K 64520, Stoker 1st Class. Husband of Constance Evelyn Lloyd Lewis. Plymouth Naval Memorial.
  • Lewis, Ronny, 21, 8th June 1940, Royal Navy, HMS Glorious, D/KX 90311, Stoker 1st Class. Son of William David and Barbara Lewis; stepson of Agnes Lewis, of Sheffield. Plymouth Naval Memorial.
  • Ley, Anthony John, 5, 1st July 1941, Civilian, of 16 Eveswell Street. Son of A.C.1 Henry George Ley, R.A.F., and of Hellen Ley. Died at home.
  • Ley, Hellen, 27, 1st July 1941, Civilian, of 16 Eveswell Street. Wife of A.C.1 Henry George Ley, R.A.F. Died at home. Newport (Christchurch) Cemetery.
  • Ley, Robert Graham, 3, 1st July 1941, Civilian, of 16 Eveswell Street. Son of A.C.1 Henry George Ley, R.A.F., and of Hellen Ley. Died at home. Newport (Christchurch) Cemetery.
  • Leyland, William Henry, 41, 11th September 1940, Civilian, of 480 Uxbridge Road, Shepherd's Bush, Middlesex. Son of Mr and Mrs William Leyland, of 407 Chepstow Road. Husband of Margaret D. Leyland. Died at Central Hall.
  • Lightwood, Cyril William, 21, 23rd September 1944, Royal Army Service Corps, T/14285926, Driver. Son of Thomas and Mary Ethel Lightwood, of Malpas, Heteren General Cemetery.
  • Lillie, Frederick, 20, 24th November 1941, Merchant Navy, SS Virgilia, Ordinary Seaman. Son of Frank and Alice M. Lillie, of Penhow. Tower Hill Memorial.
  • Lillygreen, John Augustus, 48, 14th January 1942, Merchant Navy, SS Caledonian Monarch (Glasgow), Fireman and Trimmer. Son of Augustus John Lilygreen and Elizabeth Lilygreen. Tower Hill Memorial.
  • Linnard, Gerald Wynne, 20, 25th March 1945, Royal Air Force (VR), 69 Sqdn., 1421523, Flight Sergeant (Nav.),  Son of Henry George and Lydia Louise Linnard, of Barnes, Surrey, Apeldoorn (Ugchelen-Heidehof) General Cemetery. Commemorated locally at St Mark’s Church.
  • Linton, John Wallace, 37, 23rd Match 1943, Royal Navy, H.M. Submarine Turbulent, Commander, Awarded Victoria Cross, Distinguished Service Order and Distinguished Service Cross. Husband of Nancy Kate Linton. Portsmouth Naval Memorial. Commemorated locally at Riverfront, Newport.
  • Little, Thomas, Merchant Navy. Died in Second World War.
  • Lloyd, David, 23, 10th July 1943, Royal Engineers, 1985414, Sapper. Son of Edward George Lloyd, and of Mary Harriot Lloyd, Cassino Memorial.
  • Lloyd, David Peregrine, 21, 9th May 1943, Royal Artillery, 240535, Lieutenant. Son of David John and Olwen Lloyd, of Wrexham, Wrexham Cemetery. Commemorated locally at St Mark’s Church.
  • Lloyd, Lawrence, 31, 30th May 1940, Royal Engineers, 1986911, Sapper. Son of Mr and Mrs Edward Lloyd; husband of Alice Lloyd. Dunkirk Memorial.
  • Lloyd, Lewis, 31, 30th May 1940, Royal Engineers, 1986911, Sapper. Husband of Alice Lloyd. Dunkirk Memorial. Commemorated locally at Lysaght’s (Orb) Steelworks.
  • Lloyd, Llewellyn Howard, 33, 12th April 1940, Monmouthshire Regiment, 37235, Major. Manchester Crematorium.
  • Lloyd, Philip George, 12th August 1943, Royal Irish Fusiliers, 4193474, Fusilier. Catania War Cemetery.
  • Locke, Edwin John, 22, 22nd February 1943, Pioneer Corps., 13113901, Private. Son of William James Baker Locke and Gladys Martha Locke, Medjez-El-Bab War Cemetery.
  • Lockwood, Roland Oliver, 28, 5th September 1943, Pioneer Corps., 13023838. Son of Pte.A. R. Lockwood, The Northumberland Fusiliers (died of wounds in France 16th September, 1918), and of Elsie Lockwood, of Malpas, Enfidaville War Cemetery.
  • Long, James Henry, 22, 23rd June 1943, Merchant Navy, SS Shetland (Leith), Fireman and Trimmer. Tower Hill Memorial.
  • Long, James Joseph, 48, 19th October 1940, Merchant Navy, SS Ruperra. Tower Hill Memorial.
  • Lord, John William, 16, 30th August 1940, Merchant Navy, SS Mill Hill (Newcastle-on-Tyne), Galley Boy, 9 Canal Parade. Tower Hill Memorial.
  • Lowe, Lionel Frederick John, 24, 23rd November 1941, Royal Tank Regiment, 7886125, Trooper. Son of Ernest Lowe, and of Eva Lowe, Alamein Memorial.
  • Lowe, Reginald George Verdun, 25, 21st October 1941, Merchant Navy, SS Treverbyn, Fireman and Trimmer. Son of Harry and Ella Ann Lowe. Tower Hill Memorial.
  • Lucas, Samuel, 20, 10th September 1943, The Parachute Regiment, 4208283, Lance Corporal, Bari War Cemetery.
  • Lucraft, William John Martin, 54, 9th January 1941, Merchant Navy, MV Kaikoura, Cook. Tower Hill Memorial.
  • Ludlow, Bramwell Charles, 28, 17th March 1942, Royal Artillery, 1628692, Gunner. Son of Hubert and Charlotte Ann Ludlow, of Trethomas.
  • Luffman, William John, 24, 7th February 1945, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, 1317567, Warrant Officer, (Pilot). Son of Ralph and Mary Elizabeth Luffman, of Hoarwithy, Herefordshire, Schoonselhof Cemetery.
  • Lynch, John, 28, 25th January 1942, Royal Marines, HMS Duke of York, PLY/X 101567, Marine. Son of Michael and Barbara Lynch. Plymouth Naval Memorial.Commemorated locally at St Michael's RC Church.
  • Lysaght, Philip Michael Vaughan, 19th February 1943, Royal Air Force (Auxiliary Air Force), 295 Sqdn., 90385, Wing Commander (Pilot), Saumur Communal Cemetery. Commemorated locally at Lysaght’s (Orb) Steelworks.