BORN HULL 27/07/1888. SON OF WILLIAM LAWRENCE (1850-1924) AND LYDIA LAWRENCE (1852-1912), OF MARY JANE TERRACE. HE MARRIED AT NORNAMBY IN MAY 1908. HIS WIFE SARAH JANE (NEE FOSTER) LIVED AT THIS CWGC ADDRESS. A STEEL WORKS LABOURER IN MIDDLESBROUGH. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 2ND EAST YORKSHIRE BATTALION. ARRIVED IN FRANCE, ON 02/07/1915. TRANSFERRED AS PRIVATE, 617721, TO 216TH PRISONER OF WAR, LABOUR CORPS. DIED ON 09/10/1919, AGED 32. HIS NAME IS LISTED ON HULL’S CITY ENGINEERS MEMORIAL. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 01/03/1918.
First name:
WILLIAM
Regiment:
Military Number:
11017
Rank:
Private
Date Died
09/10/1919
Place died:
Eston Cemetery, Middlesbrough, Yorkshire
Age:
32
36 , CLEVELAND STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Place Buried
