Current Information:

Age-20

55, Trehurst Street, Clapton Park

Longuenesse (St Omer) Souvenir Cemetery, France

6th London (The “Cast Iron Sixth) arrived in France in March 1915 as part of 4 Brigade, 2nd London Division, soon to be renamed 140 Brigade, 47th Division. On 19th April they went into the trenches for the first time at Givenchy and on 4th May they took over the line facing Festubert. Rifleman Lawrence died of wounds on 15th May and he was likely to have been one of the many wounded during this period in the line.