Name
Cecil David Norton Lawson
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
26/09/1915
19
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Second Lieutenant
The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)
8th Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
LOOS MEMORIAL
Panel 95 to 97.
France
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Haileybury College Cloister Wall Memorial, Hertford Heath, College Hall Plaque & Clock, Hertford Heath
Pre War
Born on 27 Oct 1895 in Chislehurst, Kent son of Hugh and Alice Lawson, of Camden Rise, Chislehurst, Kent and baptised there on 3 Dec 1895.
Educated at Haileybury College 1910-14. He was unmarried.
Wartime Service
Gazetted 2nd Lieutenant 22 Oct 1914. Entered France in Aug 1915 and arrived at the front-line trenches at Hulluch on 25 Sep during the Battle of Loos. He was killed the following morning while leading his men just outside the German trenches.
Additional Information
Brother of Lieutenant Reginald Hugh Lawson M.C. who was killed in action on 24 Aug 1916 and is also commemorated on these memorials.
Acknowledgments
Malcolm Lennox, Karen Smith - Acting Director of External Relations www.haileybury.com/honour
