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TEIGNMOUTH MEN WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE FIRST WORLD WAR

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W.H. JOHNS	Sergeant William Henry Johns of the 8th Battalion, the King's Royal Rifle Corps. Son of William Henry and Mary Elizabeth Johns of 4 Exeter Road, Teignmouth. Born in Teignmouth in the March Quarter of 1896. Died 15 October 1917 aged 21. Awarded the Military Medal.
E. JOHNSON	Private Edwin Johnson of the 10th Battalion, the Devonshire Regiment. Died 25 April 1917. No further details have been confirmed.
P. A. JOHNSON	Ship's Carpenter Peter Albert Johnson of the Mercantile Marine, SS Westmoor (London). Son of the late Charles Johnson and husband of Emily of 28 2nd Avenue, Teignmouth. Born in Newfoundland. Died 1 July 1918 aged 37.
B. KENT	Ordinary Seaman Bob Kent of the Royal Navy, HMS Monmouth. son of Charles Edward Kent of 11 Saxe Street, Teignmouth. Born in Teignmouth in the December Quarter of 1896. Died 1 November 1914 aged 18. Came into the Navy as a Boy entrant.
A. S. KIDSTON	Entered on the sea front memorial as an additional name but with an incorrect second initial. Private Arthur Sydney Kidstone of the Royal Marine Light Infantry, HMS Black Prince. Son of Samuel and Susan Kidston, of Maes-yr-Laf, Yspitty, Loughor, Glamorgan. Born in Teignmouth (where his father had been a local chimney sweep) in the March Quarter of 1885. Died 31 May 1916 aged 31.
A. LAKE	Lance Corporal a Lake of the 1st Battalion, the Worcestershire Regiment. Son of Mrs. C. Lake of 20 Exeter Road, Teignmouth. Died 28 March 1918.
C. R. LIMBERY	Captain Charles Roy Limbery of the 1st Battalion, the South Staffordshire Regiment. Son of Thomas and Margaret Limbery of 12 Barnpark, Teignmouth and brother of Kenneth Limbery (see below). Born at Newport, Mon. Died 1 July 1916 aged 26. Awarded the MC.
K. T. LIMBERY	Captain Kenneth Thomas Limbery of the 133rd Field Ambulance, the Royal Army Medical Corps. Son of Thomas and Margaret Limbery of 12, Barnpark, Teignmouth and brother of Charles (see above). Died 26 September 1917 aged 25. Awarded the MC.
L. LE BRUN	Second Lieutenant Lewis Appleby of the 3rd Battalion, the Hampshire Regiment. Son of Lewis Le Brun R.N (retd) and Isabella Mary Le Brun. Born in the December Quarter of 1896 in Dorset. Died 31 October 1918 aged 22. Awarded the Croix de Guerre (Belgium), and Chevalier of the Order of the Crown (Belgium).
E. C. LIPTROTT	Lieutenant Eric Carr Liptrott of the 6th Jat Light Infantry. Son of the Rev. Boulton Brenden Liptrott and Louisa Constance Liptrott of the Vicarage, West Teignmouth. Born in India. Died 26 November 1914 aged 27. Served in the Mohmand Expedition of 1908.
T. LOCKYER	Private Tom Lockyer of the 9th Battalion, the Devonshire Regiment. Son of Edmond and Ellen Lockyer, of Withycombe Raleigh. Born in the December of 1884 in Exmouth. Died 20 July 1916 aged 32. (Although he was not born in Teignmouth, it seems that he may have been working in the town at the time he enlisted.) Buried in the Churchyard of St. John in the Wilderness in Withycombe.
G. B. LUCAS	Captain Gerald Blunt Lucas of the 38th king George's Own Central India Horse Regiment and the Royal Flying Corps. Son of Lt. Col. Charles Arthur de Neufville Lucas (Indian Cavalry) and his wife Maud of Oakley, Teignmouth. Died 16 May 1916 aged 25. Indian Nationality. Awarded the Durbar Medal.