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Surname: LAWSON
Forename(s): Robert
Place of Birth: Foulridge, Lancashire
Service No: 266215
Rank: Private
Regiment / Corps / Service: Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment)
Battalion / Unit: 2/4th Battalion
Division: 62nd (2/West Riding) Division
Age: 24
Date of Death: 1918-04-08
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: IX. A. 2.
CWGC Cemetery: BIENVILLERS MILITARY CEMETERY
CWGC Memorial: ---
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: EARBY, YORKSHIRE
Local War Memorial: KELBROOK, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
Robert Lawson was the son of Robert and Mary Lawson, née Melling. Robert, senior, was born at Burscough and Mary at Ormskirk, Lancashire.
1901 Kelbrook, Yorkshire Census: Dotcliffe - Robert Lawson, aged 7 years, born Colne, Lancashire, son of Robert and Mary Lawson.
1911 Kelbrook, Yorkshire Census: Vicarage Road - Robert Lawson, aged 17 years, born Foulridge, Lancashire, son of Robert and Mary Lawson.
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte Robert Lawson, 266215, W. Rid. R.
British Army WW1 Medal and Award Rolls: Pte Robert Lawson, 266215, 2/4 W. Rid. R. K. in A. 8.4.18.
Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: Pte Robert Lawson, 266215, 2/4th Bn W. Riding. Date and Place of Death: 8.4.18 France. To whom Authorised/Amount Authorised: Mother and sole legatee - Mary. £26 10s. 11d.
See also:
‘Earby in the First World War’ by Stephanie Carter, published by Earby & District Local History Society (2014).
‘Our Finest Crop’ by Steven Marshall, published by Earby & District Local History Society (2020).
Data Source: Craven’s Part in the Great War - original CPGW book entry
View Entry in CPGW BookEntry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record:
LAWSON, Robert, aged 24, West Riding Regiment, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lawson, Vicarage Road, Kelbrook, killed April 7, 1918.
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Private Robert LAWSON
Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment)
Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 62nd (2/West Riding) Division
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Courtesy of Colin Chadwick, Harrogate
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26 April 1918
Private R. Lawson, of Kelbrook
The death is reported of Private Robert Lawson, a stretcher-bearer in the Duke of Wellington’s Regiment, son of Mr. and Mrs. R. Lawson, Vicarage Road, Kelbrook. When going into the trenches on April 7th, a shell burst among his Company, killing two and wounding several others. In a letter of sympathy to the bereaved parents, Company-Quarter-Master-Sergeant Brooks writes:– “I have received a few private effects from those who buried him, and these will be sent to you as soon as possible. “
Pte. Lawson was 24 years of age. He enlisted three years ago, and went out to France a little over a year ago. Two of his brothers are also in France.
04 April 1919
LAWSON – In loving memory of Pte. R. Lawson, killed in France, April 7th, 1918.
In our dear home, Bob, you are fondly remembered,
Sweet memories cling around your dear name.
True hearts that in life loved you dearly
Will love you in death just the same.
From all at Royd’s Farm, Kelbrook.
11 April 1919
LAWSON – In loving memory of Private Robert Lawson, 2/4th Duke of Wellington’s Regiment, who was killed in France April 7th, 1918. Interred at Bunvellars Cemetery, France.
“Too dearly loved and sadly missed to be forgot.”
From his Mother and Father, Brothers and Sisters, 9 Vicarage Road; and Mary, Royd’s Farm, Kelbrook.
LAWSON – In loving memory of a dear brother, Private Robert Lawson, 2/4th Duke of Wellington’s Regiment, who was killed in France April 7th, 1918.
Just when his hopes were brightest,
Just when his thoughts were best;
He was called from this world of sorrow
To a house of eternal rest.
From Willie and Etheline, 13 Vicarage Road, Kelbrook.
08 April 1921
LAWSON – In loving remembrance of Pte. Robert Lawson, who was killed in France on the 7th of April, 1918.
There is a link that death cannot sever,
Love and remembrance live for ever.
Mary.
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26 April 1918
LAWSON – Reported killed April 7th, Pte. Robert Lawson, of the West Riding Regiment, son of Mr. and Mrs. R. Lawson, Vicarage Road, Kelbrook, aged 24.
26 April 1918
CRAVEN AND THE WAR
Kelbrook Soldier Reported Killed
The death is reported of Pte. Robert Lawson, a stretcher-bearer in the Duke of Wellington’s Regiment, son of Mr. And Mrs. R. Lawson, Vicarage Road, Kelbrook. When going into the trenches on April 7th a shell burst amongst his company, killing two and wounding several others. In a letter of sympathy to the bereaved parents, Company Quarter-Master-Sergt. Brooks writes:– “I have received a few private effects from those who buried him, and these will be sent on to you as soon as possible.” Pte. Lawson was 24 years of age. He enlisted three years since, and went out to France a little over a year ago. Two of his brothers are also in France.
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