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Surname |
Forename/s |
Rank |
Service Number |
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LAWSON |
William |
Private |
89750 |
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Place of birth |
Age |
Regiment / Ship |
Date of death |
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Scarborough |
22 |
65th Field Ambulance, Royal Field Artillery |
Sat. 27th Oct. 1917 |
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Last known military action |
Location of death |
Cause of death |
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Ypres Campaign |
Killed in action |
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Cemetery/ Memorial |
Plot/Plaque |
Country |
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Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Poperinge |
XXXI.H.6. |
Belgium |
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Known family |
Family details |
Town of origin |
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Isaac Ross (Father through adoption) |
Family resided at Chapel House, Chapel St. |
Filey |
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Decorations |
UK memorials commemorated on |
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Filey town memorial, St. Oswalds church memorial |
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Notes |
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Joined in March 1916, and went to France in January 1917. His adopted parents were the caretakers of the Primitive Methodist Chapel. Before enlistment, he was employed as a farm labourer. Mentioned in the Scarborough Mercury (Filey News) on 14th December 1917. |
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