CARLTON Lawrence Barnard

Appears in the Worcester/Worcestershire Roll of Honour Book for army casualties located in Worcester Cathedral.

Lawrence Carlton was the only son of Arthur Carlton, High Sheriff and Alderman of Worcester. He attended the City of London School, followed by two years at Worcester Royal Grammar School from 1906 to 1908 and then went on to University in Birmingham and London, where he studied Dentistry. Lawrence was a talented amateur athlete who captained the Inter-Varsity Sports at University and won prizes at sports events. His name appears on the Birmingham University War Memorial. He volunteered in August 1914 before taking his Finals and enlisted in the Royal Army Medical Corps. As a member of the Expeditionary Force he was sent to Gallipoli where he was attached to the nursing section. A graphic account of his death written to his father by his Adjutant states – “We had gone out to a valley and had opened up an advanced dressing station there to attend the wounded. Your son was bravely dressing a wounded man on a stretcher just behind the firing line, when a machine gun opened fire, and he was shot through the heart whilst doing his duty.” He died at 5.30 a.m.

Source for additional information: In Dedication to a Future World by Mark Rogers, 1999.

The following report appears in the Kidderminster Shuttle, 4th September 1915:
Private Lawrence Barnard Carlton, 36562, R.A.M.C. “Worcester Athlete Killed”. Lawrence Carlton was the son of the High Sheriff of Worcester (Alderman Carlton). He was shot through the heart while attending a wounded soldier at the Dardenelles. Aged 22, he was educated at Birmingham University, and trained at the Dental University. He was very successful on the racing track, both at the university and other athletics meetings.

A photograph of Private Lawrence B. Carlton can be found in Berrow’s Worcester Journal Supplement, Saturday 4th September 1915, available at Worcestershire Archives.