BORN HULL 1892. ELDEST SON OF JOHN & MARY JANE TAYLOR, OF 140 SEVERN STREET, HULL AND 9, SPYVEE STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE FORMERLY WORKED FOR A COAL MERCHANT FOR W. TOWNEND, HOLDERNESS ROAD.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. EX PRIVATE, 19473 EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. TRANSFERRED TO THE 9TH YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. DIED OF WOUNDS AT EASTBOURNE, 26/08/1917, AGED 25. BURIED AT HEDON ROAD CEMETERY, HULL.
HIS PHOTOGRAPH APPEARS IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON 30/8/1917.*
First name:
JOHN LAWRENCE
Military Number:
36225
Rank:
Private
Date Died
26/08/1917
Place died:
Hull (Hedon Road) Cemetery, East Yorkshire, UK
Age:
25
