Name
William Lawrence
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
25/10/1918
19
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
G/29537
The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)
10th Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
HEESTERT MILITARY CEMETERY
A. 10.
Belgium
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Hitchin Town Memorial,
Tilehouse St., Baptist Church War Memorial, Hitchin,
St Mary's Church Roll of Honour, Hitchin
Pre War
He was the third son of George and Kate Lawrence who lived at 9, Russell Slip, Hitchin. He was born in Hitchin and resided there. Before the war he was employed as a pork butcher with Mr File of Bucklersbury.
Wartime Service
He enlisted in Bedford on the 15th October 1917 and was given the Regimental Number G/29537. He was posted to the 10th Battalion which was part of the 123rd Brigade of the 41st Division in XIX Corps of the 2nd Anny. He was killed in action in Belgium.
The date of his death coincides with an action involving the Battalion whilst in support at Ooteghem about seven miles south east of Courtrai as part of the Battle of Courtrai.
He was buried in Row A, Grave TO in the Heestert Military Cemetery, Belgium.
Additional Information
He was the last of three brothers to join the services. One brother was gassed whilst serving with the Essex Regiment and the other, who was serving with the South Lancashire Regiment, was discharged after having a leg amputated.
Acknowledgments
Adrian Dunne, David C Baines, Jonty Wild
