Private Frank Lawson, 201467

  • Batt - 1/4
  • Unit - Leicestershire Regiment
  • Section -
  • Date of Birth -
  • Died - 14/05/1917
  • Age - 26

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Source: Michael Doyle Their Name Liveth For Evermore: The Great War Roll of Honour for Leicestershire and Rutland.
He was the son of Mr and Mrs Robert G. Lawson. The War Diary for today records. LIEVIN. 2nd Lt W. A. FERGUSON severely wounded. This officer died of wounds 15th instant.

Source: Leicestershire War Memorials Project.
Frank died on the same day as his comrade Albert Dayman, also of the 1/4th Leicestershire Regiment, and they are buried in the same military cemetery in the Pas de Calais, France. Photographs of the graves of both men were sent in by P. Dayman in 2019.

Leicestershire Project Findings
  • Burial Place - Canadian Cemetery No. 2, Neuville St Vaast, 7 A 2, Pas de Calais
Research from Michael Doyle's Their Name Liveth For Evermore
  • Unit - Leicestershire Regiment
  • Cause of death - KILLED IN ACTION
  • Burial Commemoration - Canadian Cem. No.2, Neuville-St. Vaast, France
  • Born - Knighton, Leicester
  • Enlisted - Leicester
  • Place of Residence - Shirley Road, Leicester, Leicestershire, England
  • Memorial - ST. MARY MAGDALEN CHURCH, KNIGHTON, LEICESTER
  • Memorial - ALDERMAN NEWTON GRAMMAR SCHOOL MEM., LEICESTER
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