LAWRENCE Harold Frederick

  • First Name(s):
    Harold 
    Frederick 
  • Surname:
    LAWRENCE
  • Service Number:
    G38627
  • Rank:

    Private

  • Conflict:
    WW1
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Infantry
  • Regiment:
    Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment)
  • Battalion:
    7th Battalion
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    22nd September 1918
  • Age At Death:
    20
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Commemorated on Vis-En-Artois Memorial, France, Panel 7.
  • Place of Birth:
    Unknown
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:

    Son of Laura Lavinia Lawrence, 83 Balds Lane, Wollescote, Stourbridge, and the late Charles Thomas Lawrence

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LAWRENCE Harold Frederick Is Named On These Memorials

Lye and Wollescote War Memorial
Lye Christ Church Window
Wollescote School

Notes About The Memorial(s) Listed Above

Lye Christ Church Window surname spelt Laurence.
Lye and Wollescote War Memorial surname spelt Laurence.

Further Information About LAWRENCE Harold Frederick

The birth of Harold Frederick Lawrence is registered in the June Quarter 1898 under the Stourbridge Registration District.

Harold Frederick Lawrence was the son of Charles and Laura Lawrence of 83 Balds Lane, Wollescote, and he attended Wollescote school. He enlisted in the Army Service Corps and joined a Mechanical Transport Company but was transferred to the 7th Battalion of the West Kents. In 1918 this battalion was very actively involved in the Advance to Victory, fighting in the second Battle of the Somme at Albert and Bapaume. In late September they approached the Hindenburg Line at Ronssoy and the West Kents led the attack to control the high ground overlooking the German defences. It was a stiff task and Private Harold Lawrence was killed in action on the 18th September. His two brothers were killed in the war: John in the same Regiment on the 12th April 1918 and Howard in the Worcesters on the 17th July 1917.

Harold Lawrence has no known grave, the photograph available shows his name on Vis-en-Artois Memorial.

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Credits: Researched by The Black Country Society. Birth registration researched by Sandra Taylor.