BORN HULL 13/04/1896. SON OF ARTHUR JOHN SMITH (1860-1934) AND THE LATE MARGARET HANNAH WATSON (1865-1919), AT 116 BRUNSWICK AVENUE, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HIS FATHER WAS A MAST AND BLOCK MAKER. HE HAD THREE BROTHERS AND TWO SISTERS. EMPLOYED AS A BAKER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 22/01/1916, AGED 19. JOINED THE 12TH EYR HULL PALS. ARRIVED IN FRANCE, ON 26/05/1916. IN THE FRONT LINE, ON 16/06/1916. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 31/07/1917, AGED 25. HE HAD SERVED FOR 229 DAYS. UNMARRIED. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WENT TO HIS FATHER, ARTHUR JOHN SMITH. HE LEFT BROTHERS, HERBERT AND HORACE AND SISTERS, GERTRUDE AND ELSIE, AT 116 BRUNSWICK AVENUE, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS).
HIS OTHER BROTHER, PRIVATE, VICTOR SMITH, 11305, 1ST EYR, HAD BEEN KILLED ON 16/03/1915, AGED 23,
Smith, Lawrence
First name:
LAWRENCE
Military Number:
21539
Rank:
Private
Date Died
31/07/1917
Place died:
Tournai Communal Cemetery Allied Extension, Hainaut, Belgium
Age:
20
116 BRUNSWICK AVENUE, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
Place Buried
