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Surname: REDHEAD
Forename(s): Lawrence Edward
Place of Birth: Ingleton, Yorkshire
Service No: 62206
Rank: Private
Regiment / Corps / Service: Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire Regiment)
Battalion / Unit: 15th/17th Battalion
Division: 31st Division
Age: 19
Date of Death: 1918-04-12
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: III. D. 18.
CWGC Cemetery: LE GRAND BEAUMART BRITISH CEMETERY, STEENWERCK
CWGC Memorial: ---
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: INGLETON, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
Lawrence Edward Redhead was the son of James Waterhouse and Grace Redhead, née Metcalfe. James was born at Ingleton and Grace at Low Bentham, Yorkshire.
1901 Ingleton, Yorkshire Census: 1, Park View - Lawrence E. Redhead, aged 1 year, born Ingleton, son of James W. and Grace Redhead.
1911 Ingleton, Yorkshire Census: 5, Park View - Lawrence Edward Redhead, aged 11 years, born Ingleton, son of James Waterhouse and Grace Redhead.
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte Lawrence E. Redhead, 62206, West Yorkshire Regiment.
A cousin of Lawrence, George Hebert Redhead, lost a son in the Second World War. He was Sergeant Charles Harold Redhead (3597062), ‘D’ Coy 1st Bn West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales’s Own) who lost his life in Burma on the 12 March 1944.
The 15th (Service) Bn Prince of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire Regiment) (1st Leeds), informally known as the Leeds Pals, were amalgamated with the 17th (Service) Bn Prince of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire Regiment) (2nd Leeds) to form the 15th/17th Battalion on the 7 December 1917.
A short biography of Lawrence is included in: ‘The Ingleton War Memorial, 1914-18, 1939-45’ by Andrew Brooks (2005).
Data Source: Craven’s Part in the Great War - original CPGW book entry
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Private Lawrence Edward REDHEAD
Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire Regiment)
Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 31st Division
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28 September 1917
INGLETON – Home from the Front
During the past few days several Ingleton men have been home on leave.– Pte. R. Lambert, of the Transport Service, who has been out over two years; Pte. W. Tomlinson, High Street, Ingleton, who has been in hospital in Newcastle suffering from gas poisoning and has so far recovered to be able to spend a holiday with his wife in Ingleton; others are:– Pte. W. Metcalfe, and Pte L. Redhead, the Bottom.
22 February 1918
INGLETON SOLDIERS
The following Ingleton soldiers have been home on leave during the past week:– Lieut. J. Barritt, Sergeant J.A. Preston, Sergeant J. Slawson, Corpl. H.J[D]. Routledge, Private R. Parrington (who was wounded a short time ago), Pte. L. Redhead, Private A. Collett, Private E. Heaps, Private J. Hodgkinson and Victor Marklew (Royal Navy).
31 May 1918
INGLETON – Ingleton Soldiers
Private Walter Dinsdale, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Dinsdale, formerly of Cross Farm and Brookhouse, Ingleton, has been awarded the Military Medal for gallant conduct in the field. He has been previously wounded. – Pte. L. Redhead, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Redhead, Laburnum Terrace, Ingleton, and Pte. J. Guy, son of Mr. and Mrs. H. Guy, Laburnum Terrace, Ingleton, were reported missing on March 14th. Mr. Guy had this week received intimation from the War Office that his son is wounded and a prisoner in the hands of the Germans, but nothing further has been heard of Private Redhead.
21 June 1918
INGLETON – Memorial Service
The third memorial service for those who have fallen in the war was held in St Mary’s Church on Sunday evening, when the building was packed. The service opened with the hymn ’O God our help in ages past,’ and was of a special character. The lessons were read by Mr. J. Harding, lay reader, and the other hymns sung were ‘How bright those glorious spirits shine’ and ‘Peace, perfect peace.’ The Vicar read out the names of those who had fallen since the last memorial service, viz., Capt. E. Walling, M.C., Flight-Lieut. R.B. Brookes, Sergeant T. Heaps, M.M., Segeant R.E. Walker, Lance-Corporal J. Fletcher, Private W. Metcalfe, Private E. Robinson, Private P. Coulson, and Private L. E. Redhead (missing). The Vicar paid all honour to the men who had made the supreme sacrifice; they had laid down their lives in order that we might live in peace, and what had we done or what were we going to do for these men who answered the call of King and Country? Were we worthy of their sacrifice? He urged them to make themselves worthy and not to mourn for them, for they had entered into their rest, but rather to reserve their sympathy for those who were left behind. The Ingleton Colliery Band played the Dead March, and Bugler Robert Howson sounded the ‘Last Post,’ an impressive service concluding with the National Anthem. A collection of £5 13s 6d. was taken towards a permanent memorial.
14 March 1919
INGLETON SOLDIER KILLED
Mr. and Mrs. James Redhead, LaburnumTerrace, Ingleton, have received official notice that their eldest son, Private Laurence redhead, who has been missing since April 12th, 1918, is now presumed to have been killed in action on that date. Private Redhead joined up when he was 18 years of age, and after a few months’ training was sent to France. Prior to being called up he was an apprentice with Mt. T. Harris, plumber and painter, and was universally respected. The flag was hoisted half-mast at St. Mary’s Church, when the sad news reached his parents, who had hoped against hope all along.
21 March 1919
INGLETON – THE LATE PRIVATE L. REDHEAD
We reproduce a photograph of the late Private Lawrence E. Redhead, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. James Redhead, Laburnum Terrace, Ingleton, who received official notice last week that he had been presumed killed on April 12th, 1918, on which date he was reported missing. We extend sincere sympathy to the family in their painfully sad bereavement.
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