Field Ambulance, R.A.M.C. (R.F.), 29th Division, 4th _s._ of John
Lambert, of 86, Chesterton Road, Cambridge, late Postmaster of that
town, by his wife, Annie M., dau. of John Mostock; _b._ Lincoln,
10 Sept. 1890; educ. Perse School, and Training ship Worcester; served
in the Milne and Ellerman and Bucknall S.S. lines as 3rd officer;
joined the 1st East Anglian Field Ambulance, 28 Sept. 1914; left for
the Dardanelles with the 29th Division, 21 March 1915; was present at
Beach W., Gallipoli, during the landing on 25 April and following days,
at the actions of 24 June and 4 July, near Krithia and Gully Ravine,
and at the Aug. landing at Suvla Bay, and the subsequent operations,
and was killed in action at Suvla Bay, 26 Aug. 1915. Buried Suvla;
_unm._ On the day preceding his death his name was sent up for
mention in Despatches for his work during the campaign. One of his
officers wrote: “He was a brave, fearless fellow, one of the best boys
we had in my section.” And another: “Voicing the opinion of the whole
corps, he was one of the most popular men, ready to assist in anything
which was required, and to help anybody who was in trouble.”
[Illustration: =Stamford Leigh Lambert.=]
=LAMBERT, STEPHEN HENRY=, Private, R.M.L.I., Po. 10268, H.M.S.
Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=LAMBRE, JOHN=, Chief Shipwright, 344348, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in
action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=LAMKIN, CHARLES AMBROSE=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B.
7786), S.S. 103257, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22
Sept. 1914.
=LAMONT, HENRY McCUAIG=, Private, No. 9410, D Coy., 1st Battn.
The Royal Scots (Lothian Regt.), 2nd _s._ of John Lamont, of 125,
Norfolk Street, Glasgow, by his wife, Maggie, dau. of Henry McCuaig, of
Queensland, formerly of Islay; _b._ Port Ellen, Kildalton, Islay,
18 April, 1888; educ. Kinning Park Public School, Glasgow; enlisted, in
Oct. 1906, and served seven years with the Colours and then passed into
the Reserve, and obtained employment in the G.P.O., but on the outbreak
of war rejoined his regt.; left for France with the Expeditionary Force
(9th Brigade, 3rd Division), and was killed in action at the Battle of
Le Cateau, 26 Aug. following.
[Illustration: =Henry McCuaig Lamont.=]
=LAMPARD, TOM SAMUEL=, Stoker, 1st Class, S.S. 111443 (Ports.),
H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=LANCHBURY, ALFRED=, Sergt., No. 5402, 3rd Battn. Coldstream
Guards, 2nd _s._ of Alfred Lanchbury, of 81, Grange Road,
Longford, near Coventry, by his wife, Sarah Ann, dau. of James
Blackford; _b._ Coventry, 13 April, 1883; educ. Foxford Council
School; enlisted 19 Feb. 1904; appointed L.-Corpl. 29 Nov. 1905; Corpl.
1 Jan. 1907; L.-Sergt. 24 Sept. 1907, and Sergt. 5 Feb. 1913; served
in Egypt, 6 Jan. 1909, to 23 March, 1911, and with the Expeditionary
Force in France and Flanders, 12 Aug. 1914, to 27 Sept. 1915, on which
day he was killed in action, near Vermellen, during the Battle of Loos.
He _m._ in London, 3 Oct., Ida Margaret (33, St. Thomas Road,
Longford, Coventry), dau. of Frederick (and Margaret) Simmonds, and had
three children: Donald Crawford, _b._ 4 June, 1913; Norah Ida,
_b._ 15 Sept. 1909: and Muriel Rosamund, _b._ 15 Nov. 1914.
His brother, L.-Sergt. W. C. Lanchbury, was also killed in action (see
following notice).
[Illustration: =Alfred Lanchbury.=]
=LANCHBURY, WILLIAM CHARLES=, L.-Sergt., No. 8711, 1st Battn.
Coldstream Guards, 4th _s._ of Alfred Lanchbury, of 81, Grange
Road, Longford, near Coventry, co. Warwick, by his wife, Sarah Ann,
dau. of James Blackford (see preceding notice); _b._ Longford
aforesaid, 9 Oct. 1889; educ. Foxford Council School; enlisted 28
April, 1910; appointed L.-Corpl. 9 Jan. 1912; Corpl. 21 Aug. 1913, and
L.-Sergt. 7 Aug. 1914; went to France with the Expeditionary Force, 12
Aug. 1914; and was reported wounded and missing after the fighting on
the 25th of that month during the retreat from Mons; and is now assumed
to have been killed in action that day; _unm._
[Illustration: =William Charles Lanchbury.=]
=LANCHESTER, THORNTON=, Seaman, R.N.R., 1577C, H.M.S. Hogue; lost
in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=LANDELLS, JOHN OLIVER=, E.R.A., R.N.R., 244 E.B., H.M.S. Hawke;
lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914;
_m._
=LANDEN, JAMES WILLIAM=, Stoker, 1st Class, R.F.R., B. 2871,
308019, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of
Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=LANDER, WILLIAM ERNEST=, Chief Shipwright, 340787, H.M.S.
Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off
the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=LANE, FRANK EVERETT=, Ordinary Seaman, J. 16811, H.M.S.
Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off
the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=LANE, JOHN HENRY=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 8033),
293067, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=LANE, JOHN WILLIAM=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 9786), S.S.
107274. H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=LANG, HENRY ASTELL=, Major, 4th Battn. Worcestershire Regt., yst.
_s._ of the late George Lukis Lang, of the Indian Civil Service,
by his wife, Louisa Wynyard, dau. of Henry Godfrey Astell, of Ickwell
House, Biggleswade; _b._ Biggleswade, co. Bedford, 12 March,
1874; educ. Summerfields, near Oxford; Marlborough College, and Corpus
Christi College, Cambridge; gazetted 2nd Lieut. Worcestershire Regt.
Dec. 1895; and promoted Lieut. 10 May, 1899, Capt. in Sept. 1900, and
Major 24 May, 1913; was Adjutant of his Battn. 23 Nov. 1904, to 22 Nov.
1907; A.D.C. to Sir Henry Fane Grant, Governor of Malta, 1906–8; served
(1) in the South African War from 1899 to 1901; took part in advance
on Kimberley, including actions at Modder River, and Magersfontein;
operations in the Orange Free State, Feb. to May, 1900, including
actions at Paardeberg (17 to 26 Feb.); Poplar Grove and Dreifontein;
operations in the Orange River Colony, May to 29 Nov. 1900, including
action at Bothaville; operations in the Transvaal, 30 Nov. to Dec.
1900, in the Orange River Colony, Dec. 1900, and in Cape Colony, Dec.
1900 to March, 1901 (slightly wounded; Queen’s medal with five clasps);
and (2) with the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force; took part in the
landing at the Dardanelles, 25 April, 1915, and was killed in action
there, 6 June, 1915; _unm._ Buried in Gulf Ravine, Gallipoli.
Major Lang was mentioned in Gen. Sir Ian Hamilton’s Despatch of 22
Sept. [London Gazette, 5 Nov.] 1915. A brother officer wrote in Berrows
Worcester Journal: “It is not stretching a point to say that seldom
has there been in the regt., a more popular officer with all ranks
than the late Major Harry Lang, who fell in action at the Dardanelles.
Possessing a marked charm of manner, he endeared himself to all men. He
was a fine sportsman; at polo he was a bold and fine player. He rode
hard and hit hard from the moment the ball was thrown in till the bell
rang. As a cricketer and capt. of the 4th Worcestershires cricket team,
he did yeoman service for his side, and led them to many victories. His
loss will be much felt throughout the whole regt. As a soldier he was
respected by and for his smart appearance and knowledge of his duties.
He served with distinction in the South African War, and in the most
adverse circumstances was always bright and cheerful. He was Adjutant
to Col. Edwards, now commanding at the Depôt, when the Col. commanded
the 4th Battn.,” and another: “He was the first up to every trench,
armed with a walking stick; walking straight across to prospect amidst
a perfect hail of bullets, and then would saunter back to his troops
and head them forward. Never was he excited--fear he knew not; courage
and confidence flowed from him to all of us.” Major Lang was a very
keen fisherman and naturalist. He did a great deal of big game shooting
in Nepal, Kashmir and the Tirai and secured several exceptionally good
heads of gond, barasingh, and sambhur, besides tigers, leopards and
bears.
[Illustration: =Henry Astell Lang.=]
=LANG, VIVIAN=, Officer’s Steward, 1st Class, 356268 Devonport,
H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1
Nov. 1914.
=LANG, WILLIAM BRYNMER=, Capt., 1/5th (Renfrewshire) Battn.
Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (T.F.), yr. _s._ of William
Lang, of Elmbank, Gourock, Quarrymaster and Contractor, by his wife,
Margaret Jane, dau. of Alexander Robertson, of Chesterfield, Gourock;
_b._ Gourock, co. Renfrew, 26 April, 1882; educ. Greenock Academy;
served with the 1st Vol. (now the 5th Territorial) Battn. Argyll and
Sutherland Highlanders, 15 Sept. 1899, to 22 March, 1905; was given
a commission as 2nd Lieut. 5 May, 1906; and promoted Lieut. 9 April,
1911, and Capt. 1 Nov. 1914; volunteered for Imperial service on the
outbreak of war, left for the Dardanelles, 31 May, 1915, and was killed
during the attack on the Krithia-Achi-Baba position, 12 July following;
_unm._
[Illustration: =William Brynmer Lang.=]
=LANGFORD, ALBERT GEORGE=, A.B., (R.F.R., I.C. 509), 235942,
H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1
Nov. 1914.
=LANGFORD, ARTHUR=, Private, No. 1394, 4th Battn. L.I., Australian
Imperial Force, 4th _s._ of John Langford, of 34, Cross Row,
Westmoor, Killingworth, near Newcastle-on-Tyne, by his wife, Elizabeth,
dau. of Archibald Whitehead; _b._ Spittal, Berwick-on-Tweed,
9 Sept. 1890; educ. Blaydon and Gateshead Council Schools; went to
Australia, 28 Aug. 1914, and worked as a Miner; volunteered and joined
the Commonwealth Expeditionary Force in Dec. 1914; left for Egypt with
the main force, Feb. 1915; took part in the landing at Gaba Tepe,
Gallipoli, 25 April, and died of wounds between that date and 28 April
following; _unm._
=LANGFORD, WALLACE=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B 6017), 182043, H.M.S.
Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=LANGHAM, WILLIAM FREDERICK=, Rifleman, No. 1564, 1/6th (Rifle)
Battn. King’s Liverpool Regt. (T.F.), 2nd _s._ of the late
Horton Henry Langham, Chief Officer s.s. William Cliff, by his wife,
Florence Edith, yst. dau. of John Coulson of Manchester, Solicitor;
_b._ Liverpool, 24 Jan. 1896, educ. Seamen’s Orphanage, Newsham
Park, Liverpool; was a Clerk in Liverpool Gas Co.; joined the 1/6th
Liverpools, about March, 1914; volunteered for Imperial service and
went to France, 24 Feb. 1915, and was killed in action near Ypres, 3
May following. Buried south of Verbranden Molen; _unm._ One of
his comrades wrote: “It was a great shock to us when this (? news) was
passed to us that Freddie had been killed. He was a splendid chap,
liked by all, so everything possible was done to give him a decent
burial.” A Church worker in Liverpool wrote: “He was a member of the
St. Mary Magdalene’s Church Choir and a Sunday School teacher; in the
Church his valuable help and cheery presence will be sorely missed.”
His brother, Horton Egerton Langham, R.F.A., is now (1916) on active
service.
[Illustration: =William F. Langham.=]
=LANGLANDS, ALAN=, 2nd Lieut., 1st Battn. South Wales Borderers,
2nd _s._ of the late Major John Shakespear Langlands, 43rd
Oxfordshire L.I., sometime Adjutant, Montgomeryshire Militia, by his
wife, Lucy Alice (now wife of Major Charles Harold Longfield Beatty, of
Borodale, co. Wexford, D.S.O.), dau. of the late Edward Peck; _b._
Longrood, Rugby, 25 Sept. 1895; educ. Stubbington and Wellington
College; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 3rd South Wales Borderers, 7 Oct. 1914;
transferred to the 1st Battn., went to France in March, 1915, and was
killed in action near Bethune, 9 May, 1915; _unm._ Buried at St.
Vaast’s Post.
[Illustration: =Alan Langlands.=]
=LANGLEY, WILLIAM=, Gunner, R.M.A. (R.F.R., I.C. 27), 9807, H.M.S.
Good Hope; lost in action of Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=LANGRIDGE, FRANCIS BERTRAM=, Private, No. 10/1553, Canterbury
Battn. New Zealand Expeditionary Force, _s._ of Harry Montague
Langridge, of 16, River Bank, Wanganui, New Zealand, formerly of
Sussex, England; _b._ Westport, New Zealand, 3 Nov. 1891; educ.
Wanganui District Boys’ School; enlisted after the outbreak of war
and left for Egypt in Feb. 1915, with the third reinforcements; was
for some time a L.-Corpl. in the Wellington Battn., but on being
transferred to the Canterbury Battn. had to go back to the ranks;
took part in the landing at the Dardanelles, 25 April, and was killed
in action, 8 May, 1915; _unm._ His brother, Sergt.-Major J. W.
Langridge, was twice wounded at the Dardanelles.
=LANGRISH, HENRY WILLIAM=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 13463 (Ports.),
H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=LANSLEY, WILLIAM=, Stoker, 1st Class, 301754, H.M.S. Good Hope;
lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=LARBY, WALTER=, Stoker, 2nd Class, K. 20455, H.M.S. Good Hope;
lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=LARDNER, RODERICK DONALD=, Yeoman of Signals, 221290, H.M.S.
Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off
the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=LARKING, CHARLES ALFRED=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9130), 208699,
H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=LARVIN, JAMES=, Private, No. 10562, 6th Battn. East Yorkshire
Regt., _s._ of Thomas Larvin, of No. 3, Marsh Street, off Scott
Street, Hull, co. York, builder for Levitts, Contractors, by his wife,
Mary Elisabeth; _b._ Hull; educ. St. Paul’s Schools there; was an
employee of Messrs. Crosslands, Stevedores, at the Hull Docks; enlisted
after the outbreak of war, 18 Aug. 1914; trained at Belton Park,
Grantham; went to the Dardanelles, and was killed in action there, 21
Aug. 1915; _unm._
[Illustration: =James Larvin.=]
=LARSON, OKEN FRANK=, Gunner, R.M.A. (R.F.R., I.C. 31), 8553,
H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1
Nov. 1914.
=LASHBROOK, HENRY CHARLES=, Petty Officer, 177834, H.M.S. Hogue;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=LASLETT, FRANK ROLAND=, Officer’s Steward, 2nd Class, L. 1791,
H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=LATHAM, CHARLES EDWARD=, Stoker, Petty Officer, 288526, H.M.S.
Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=LATTA, CHARLES KEITH=, Lieut., 2nd Battn. The Gordon Highlanders,
3rd _s._ of the late John Latta, of 17, Royal Circus, Edinburgh,
S.S.C., by his wife, Margaret, dau. of the late John Jopp, writer to
the Signet; _b._ Edinburgh, 2 Dec. 1889; educ. Edinburgh Academy
and Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut., 6 Nov.
1909, and promoted Lieut. 10 Aug. 1911; killed in action near Ypres,
29 Oct. 1914; _unm._ His Commanding Officer, Col. Uniacke, in
notifying his death, wrote: “He gave his life for his country in a
gallant fight which was necessary for the safety not only of his own
regt. but of a larger force.... He has always proved himself a fine
example, and you may well be proud of him as we are, and also all those
of his own command. He is a great loss to us and the Army.”
[Illustration: =Charles Keith Latta.=]
=LAUDER, STANISLAUS JOSEPH=, Private, No. 4070, 14th Battn.
(London Scottish) The London Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of the late
Charles Lauder, Supt. Royal Alfred Sailors’ Home, Bombay; _b._
Bombay, 8 Nov. 1885; educ. St. Mary’s College, Bombay, and London
School of Medicine; served with the Red Crescent Medical Mission in
Tripoli for seven months in 1912, and with the British Red Cross in
Montenegro during the Balkan War, was present with the Montenegrin
Army during the siege and capture of Scutari; received the Order of
Danilo (3rd Class) from the King of Montenegro, and the British Red
Cross Medal with clasp; joined the London Scottish, 5 Dec. 1914, and
volunteered for foreign service; went to the Front in July, 1915, and
died of wounds received while attending wounded men under fire, 14 Oct.
1915; _unm._ He was buried in the soldiers’ cemetery at Lapugny,
near Bethune.
[Illustration: =Stanislaus J. Lauder.=]
=LAURENCE, ANDREW=, Sapper, No. 11982, 38th Coy. R.E., _s._
of the late Andrew Laurence, of Craiglockhart Terrace, Edinburgh,
Mason, by his wife, Christina B., dau. of David Brunton, of Kinross;
_b._ Muckhart, co. Perth. 16 Nov. 1882; educ. Muckhart School;
served in the South African War with the 3rd Vol. Battn. Royal Scots
(Queen’s medal with three clasps); joined the R.E., 11 Nov. 1902; went
to France, 7 Sept. 1914, and died in Motor Ambulance, 27 May, 1915, of
wounds received in Belgium the same day. Buried in field adjoining the
Convent School, Brandholk; _unm._
=LAURENCE, EDWARD JAMES=, Private, No. 1945, 1/8th Battn. The
Middlesex Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of William George Laurence, of 9,
Argyle Road, Teddington, by his wife, Maria, dau. of Alexander Mellish;
_b._ Windsor, 2 Nov. 1892; educ. Teddington Public School; was a
Barman; enlisted at Hampton about 1912; volunteered for foreign service
on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; went to France, 8 March, 1915, and
died of wounds received in action at the Battle of Loos, 25 Sept. 1915;
_unm._
[Illustration: =Edward James Laurence.=]
=LAURIE, NATHANIEL JOHN=, Rifleman, No. 3224, 1/12th Battn. (The
Rangers) The London Regt. (T.F.), only _s._ of Robert Turner
Laurie, of 153, Eswyn Road, Tooting, S.W., Corrector of the Press, by
his wife, Amy, dau. of John Saunders; _b._ London, 3 April, 1891;
educ. L.C.C. Schools; was a Clerk to Advertisement Contractors; joined
The Rangers, 14 Sept. 1914; went to France on Christmas Day following,
and died at Casualty Clearing Station, near Rouen, 29 April, 1915, of
wounds in the head caused by fragments of high explosive shell received
on the 26th at St. Jean during the Second Battle of Ypres. Buried in
Bailleul Cemetery; _unm._ A comrade wrote of him: “In all that he
did Laurie acted as a soldier and a gentleman.” Private Laurie was an
active Free Church worker, chiefly amongst children.
=LAVERTY, DANIEL=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 10565), S.S.
108512. H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North
Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=LAW, JOHN THOMAS=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch. 15121, H.M.S.
Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off
the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=LAW, PAUL=, Private, No. 1650, 1/4th Battn. West Riding Regt.
(T.F.), _s._ of Joe Law, of Luddenfoot. Halifax, Teamer; _b._
Lower Oldfield, Luddenfoot, 1 Sept. 1895; educ. National School there;
joined 1/4th West Ridings, March, 1914; volunteered for Imperial
service on the outbreak of war, and was killed in action 10 May, 1915,
being shot by a sniper; _unm._
=LAW, PERCY PEACOCK=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 9963), S.S. 2587, H.M.S.
Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=LAW, THOMAS PAKENHAM=, 2nd Lieut., 2nd Battn. Irish Guards, 3rd
_s._ of the late Thomas Pakenham Law, K.C., by his wife, Amelia
Catherine (Elsinore, Howth. co. Dublin), dau. of Horace Rochfort, of
Clogremane, co. Carlow; _b._ Dublin, 27 May, 1879; educ. Trinity
College, Dublin, where he took his degrees in Arts and Law; called to
the English Bar, Lincoln’s Inn, 1905, and practised at the Chancery
Bar; gave up this on the outbreak of war and was gazetted 2nd Lieut.,
2nd Irish Guards, 4 June, 1915; went to France and was mortally wounded
at the Battle of Loos, 27 Sept. following, dying three hours later.
Buried in a garden at Loos; _unm._
[Illustration: =Thomas P. Law.=]
=LAWES, FREDERICK JOHN=, Private. No. 10693, 1st Battn. Coldstream
Guards, _s._ of Benjamin Lawes, of Swanington, near Norwich,
Labourer, by his wife, Susanna Elizabeth, dau. of George Carr;
_b._ Swanington, 17 July, 1889; educ. Elementary Church School,
there; worked on the land from the time he left school until he
enlisted, except for two years (1911–13), when he worked in a coal pit
at Newcastle-on-Tyne; enlisted in April, 1914, and was killed in action
at Ypres, 29 Oct. 1914; _unm._
[Illustration: =Frederick John Lawes.=]
=LAWRENCE, CHAS. EDWARD=, Stoker, 1st Class, S.S. 110970, H.M.S.
Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=LAWRENCE, CHARLES SAMUEL=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 6360, H.M.S.
Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=LAWRENCE, CHRISTOPHER HAL=, 2nd Lieut., 6th (Reserve), attd. 2nd
Battn. King’s Royal Rifle Corps, yr. _s._ of the late Hon. Henry
Arnold Lawrence, by his wife, Constance Charlotte (9, Chantry House.
Eccleston Street, S.W.), only surviving dau. of the late Rev. George
Irving Davies, Rector of Kelsale, Suffolk, and grandson of John, 1st
Baron Lawrence; _b._ Harrington Gardens, London, S.W., 11 Nov.
1893; educ. Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge, where he was a member
of the University O.T.C.; applied for a commission on the day war was
declared, and was gazetted 2nd Lieut. 6th K.R.R.C. 15 Aug. 1914; went
to France, 20 Sept. 1914, where he was attached to the 2nd Battn. of
his regt. (2nd Brigade, 1st Division), and was killed in action during
the Battle of the Aisne, 13 Oct. 1914, being shot by a sniper. Buried
at Bourg, near Troyon; _unm._ His only brother, Lieut. M. E.
Lawrence, was killed in action near Givenchy, 10 Jan. 1915 (see his
notice).
[Illustration: =Christopher H. Lawrence.=]
=LAWRENCE, EDGAR ERNEST ALBERT=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 3634), 191271,
H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1
Nov. 1914.
=LAWRENCE, GEORGE ALBERT=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 5216), 179879,
H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=LAWRENCE, MALCOLM EYTON=, Lieut., 6th (Reserve), attd. 2nd Battn.
King’s Royal Rifle Corps, only surviving _s._ of the late Hon.
Henry Arnold Lawrence, by his wife, Constance Charlotte (9, Chantrey
House, Eccleston Street, S.W.), eldest surviving dau. of the late
Rev. George Irving Davies, Rector of Kelsale, Suffolk, and grandson
of John, 1st Baron Lawrence; _b._ Harrington Gardens, London,
S.W., 10 March, 1889; educ. Eton; received a commission as 2nd Lieut.
in the 3rd (Reserve) Battn. King’s Own Yorkshire L.I., 1 Oct. 1908,
and served for one year; went to British Columbia in Feb. 1910, where
he bought and cleared land, built a house and was latterly given
Government employment (sub-warden of the Isles); enlisted in the 88th
Victoria Fusiliers on the declaration of war and came over with the
first contingent of the Canadian Expeditionary Force; was gazetted 2nd
Lieut. 6th K.R.R.C. 4 Nov. 1914, and promoted Lieut. 1 Jan. 1915; went
to France 3 Dec. 1914, where he was attached to the 2nd Battn. and was
killed in action near Givenchy, 10 Jan. 1915, while leading his men
in a charge. Buried in village of Cuinchy; _unm._ His Commanding
Officer wrote: “On reaching the position he found that a brother
officer, who had led another storming party, was in need of assistance
as he had lost more than half his men. Lawrence dashed over the
intervening 70 yards with some of his men, and was no doubt responsible
for getting back his brother officer who was now left alone and would
have been cut off.”
[Illustration: =Malcolm E. Lawrence.=]
=LAWRENCE, WILLIAM=, Leading Stoker (R.F.R., B. 9794), 297574,
H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.