This name is on Stockwell War Memorial, London SW9 A. R. Lawrence (Alfred Robert Lawrence) (Lawrence, Alfred Robert) Service no 205241 Private, London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers), 1st Bn. attd. 1st/4th Bn. Born in Southwark; enlisted in Southwark; lived in Lambeth Killed in action age 27 on 28 March 1918 CWGC: "Son of Alfred and Mary Louisa Lawrence, of 65, Knowle Rd., Brixton, London." Remembered at Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France and at Stockwell War Memorial, London SW9 Information from the 1911 census Tentative identification Alfred R. Lawrence, a 21-year-old signwriter, lived at 39 Burman Street, Southwark, with his parents, Alfred Lawrence, 45, a private coachman who did not know where he was born, and Louisa Lawrence, 42, a bookfolder born in Southwark. The family occupied 4 rooms. Alfred was an only child, the only survivor of Alfred and Louisa's 2 children. |
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 THESE WERE OUR SONS: Stories from Stockwell War Memorial by Naomi Lourie Klein. Every name is listed, with biographies for all those identified. The introduction gives an overview and the story of how the memorial was erected. £3 from every copy sale goes directly to the Friends of Stockwell War Memorial and Gardens Available from www.elefantbooks.com. £8.99 plus £2.75 p&p Special deals for SW8 and SW9 residents ♦ Charles Parker - family man and engineer ♦ The four Rance brothers ♦ Triple tragedy: the Desaleux brothers ♦ Samuel Levy's wife ♦ Frank Mason, 16, the youngest ♦ Cecil Philcox - Military Cross winner ♦ Chris Dartnell - shell shocked ♦ Cecil Philcox - killed in training ♦ Harold J. Hill - a riddle solved ♦ Harry Albert Nixon - syphilis treatment and conduct charges |
Alfred Robert Lawrence |