Name
Bertram Lawrence
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
28/10/1914
38
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Captain
East Yorkshire Regiment
1st Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
RATION FARM MILITARY CEMETERY, LA CHAPELLE-D'ARMENTIERES
Special Memorial near VIII. D.
France
UK & Other Memorials
Haileybury College Cloister Wall Memorial, Hertford Heath
Pre War
Born on 24 Dec 1876 in Bayswater, London son of H. Cripps Lawrence F.R.C.S and Mrs. H. Lawrence later of 'Rahere', Babbacombe, Devon. Educated at the United Services College 1890-91. He married Eleanor Mary Smythe on 24 Apr 1912 in Holy Trinity, Brompton, London.
Wartime Service
Served in South African Campaign 1901-02 and was made Captain and Adjutant in the East Yorks. in 1907. He entered France on 8 Sep 1914 and was killed in action between Lille and Armentieres.
Additional Information
United Services College, Westward Ho, Devon amalgamated with Imperial Service College in Windsor in 1912 and then moved to Haileybury College, Hertford Heath in 1942.
Acknowledgments
Malcolm Lennox, Karen Smith - Acting Director of External Relations www.haileybury.com/honour
