The Channel Islands and The Great War

Le Sueur, E G C

The Menin Gate, Ieper (Ypres), Belgium

Notice of Death appears in Jersey Evening Post of Tuesday 31 July 1917

Commemorated on family memorial in St Saviour's Church, Jersey
OV Memorial, Jersey
and on St Saviour's Parish Memorial, Jersey

In St Saviour's Church, Jersey

Captain Ernest Geoffrey Carrington Le Sueur
1st Battalion - Attached 2nd Battalion, Yorkshire Regiment
26/07/1917

Younger son of Arthur Le Sueur, of Jersey. Husband of Dorothy Le Sueur (nee Keene). Educated at Victoria College & Royal Military College, Sandhurst

Ernest Geoffrey Carrington Le Sueur

Killed in action at Zillebeke Lake, Nr Ypres, aged 26 years

Picture courtesy of Victoria College, Jersey

NEWS ITEM in Jersey Evening Post of Saturday 11 August 1917

The Late Captain E G C Le Sueur. Yesterdays Times states that Captain E G C Le Sueur of the Yorkshire Regiment whose death was announced recently was killed on 26 July whilst leading his Company in a raid on enemy trenches.

Commonwealth War Graves Commission Record

At 8pm every evening, the Last Post is played inside the Menin Gate in remembrance.

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The Channel Islands and the Great War

Le Sueur, E G C