BORN HULL 1889. SON OF ROBERT LAWSON AND MARY ANN LAWSON, OF 13 ELLA’S AVENUE, WALLER STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). THE STREET WAS DEMOLISHED DURING WW2 BLITZ. HE JAD TWO BROTHERS AND FIVE SISTERS. WORKED AS A LABOURER.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 1/4TH EYR. POSTED TO FRANCE, ON 27/10/1915. DIED OF WOUNDS, 02/03/1916, AGED 27. COMMEMORATED ON THE YPRES, MEMIN GATE MEMORIAL TO THE MISING.
First name:
JOHN ROBERT
Regiment:
Military Number:
3615
Rank:
Private
Date Died
02/03/1916
Place died:
Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Age:
27
13 ELLA'S AVENUE, WALLER STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Place Buried
