Name
John Elston Lane
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
03/05/1917
20
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Second Lieutenant
The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)
"B" Company, 4th Bn., attached 7th Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
ARRAS MEMORIAL
Bay 2.
France
UK & Other Memorials
Royal Masonic School Memorial, Rickmansworth
Pre War
Born on 8 Sep 1896 in Eaglescliffe, Durham son of Charles Sherriffe and Frances Ella Lane (later Mrs. Wolstenholme). Educated at the Royal Masonic School 1904-14 (Head of School) and Magdalene College, Cambridge.
Wartime Service
Commissioned 2nd Lieutenant in Nov 1916 from the Cambridge University O.T.C and entered France in Jan 1917. He was reported missing in action at Cherisy and was last seen on his way to a dressing station wounded in both arms and one leg and was presumed to have died.
Acknowledgments
Malcolm Lennox, Old Masonians Association
