Employees honoured
Staff of Aviva constituent companies decorated for their actions in the 1914–1918 War.
”Home dwellers can never know what these men are suffering and cheerfully too, that they may live in safety, and in the days to come you can never think enough or do enough for any of these brave fellows who have marched and fought and bled for their country“
- Army Chaplain William Menzies
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Lane, C E
London
North British and Mercantile Insurance Company
| Rank | Sergeant |
|---|---|
| Regiment | Army Service Corps |
| Medal or honour | 1914 - 1915 Star |
Lansdowne, E
Head Office
Fine Art and General Insurance Company Ltd.
| Rank | Captain |
|---|---|
| Regiment | Queen's Regiment |
| Medal or honour | 1915 Star |
Laycock, H W
Leeds
Fine Art and General Insurance Company Ltd.
| Rank | Bombardier |
|---|---|
| Regiment | Royal Field Artillery |
| Medal or honour | 1915 Star |
Leach, George Emerson
New York
Norwich Union Fire Insurance Society Ltd.
| Rank | Colonel |
|---|---|
| Regiment | 151st Field Artillery |
| Medal or honour | Distinguished Service Cross, Croix de Guerre avec 3 palmes, Distinguished Service Medal, Purple Heart, Legion of Honneur (France) |
| Additional information | |
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The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, 9 July 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Distinguished Service Cross to Colonel (Field Artillery) George E Leach, US Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving as Commanding Officer, 151st Field Artillery, 42nd Division, AEF, near Pexonne, France, 5 March 1918. Colonel Leach entered the quarry of Battery C, 151st Field Artillery, then subjected to a particularly accurate artillery bombardment, for the purpose of directing and encouraging the officers and men of that battery when he might with propriety have sent his directions by messenger. Saw combat at Champagne-Marne, Aisne-Marne, St Mihiel, and Meuse-Argonne. |
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Ledingham, R J W
Aberdeen
North British and Mercantile Insurance Company
| Rank | Lieutenant |
|---|---|
| Regiment | Royal Field Artillery |
| Medal or honour | Military Cross, Bar to Military Cross |
Leeds, Frederick E
Norwich
Norwich Union Fire Insurance Society Ltd.
| Rank | Sergeant |
|---|---|
| Regiment | Royal Irish Rifles |
| Medal or honour | Meritorious Service Medal |
| Additional information | |
| Decorated June 1918. | |
Leigh-Martin, J B
The Guarantee Society Ltd.
| Rank | Lieutenant |
|---|---|
| Regiment | Essex Regiment |
| Medal or honour | Military Cross |
Leishman, J
Leeds
London and Lancashire Life and General Assurance Association
| Rank | Quarter Master Sergeant |
|---|---|
| Regiment | West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) |
| Medal or honour | Meritorious Service Medal |
| Additional information | |
| Decorated January 1918. | |
Lewis, Herbert Owen Rowland
Head Office, Accident Department
Commercial Union Assurance Company Ltd.
| Date of Death | 01 October 1917 |
|---|---|
| Rank | 2nd Lieutenant |
| Regiment | Yorkshire Regiment 1st/2nd Battalion attached 9th Battalion |
| Medal or honour | Military Cross |
| Additional information | |
| Killed in action. | |
Lord Montagu of Beaulieu,
Head Office, Board of Directors
Fine Art and General Insurance Company Ltd.
| Rank | Brigadier General |
|---|---|
| Regiment | Director General Motor Transport in India |
| Medal or honour | CSI |
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