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Surname: LAWSON
Forename(s): Stephen
Place of Birth: Low Bentham, Yorkshire
Service No: 348028
Rank: Private
Regiment / Corps / Service: Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment)
Battalion / Unit: 5th/6th Battalion
Division: 32nd Division
Age: ---
Date of Death: 1918-08-11
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: VI. A. 19.
CWGC Cemetery: BOUCHOIR NEW BRITISH CEMETERY
CWGC Memorial: ---
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: BURTON-IN-LONSDALE, YORKSHIRE
Local War Memorial: HIGH BENTHAM, YORKSHIRE
Local War Memorial: LOW BENTHAM, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
Stephen Lawson was the son of James and Isabella Lawson, née Pooley. James was born at Clapham and Isabella at Burton-in-Lonsdale, Yorkshire.
1891 Bentham, Yorkshire Census: Fourlands - Stephen Lawson, aged 3 years, born Bentham, son of James Lawson, widower. [Isabella died in 1890.]
1901 Bentham, Yorkshire Census: Far Fourlands, Low Bentham - Stephen Lawson, aged 13 years, born Fourlands Hill, Bentham, son of James and [stepson of] Barbara Lawson. [James had married Barbara Capstick in 1901.]
1911 Bentham, Yorkshire Census: Fourlands Hill, Low Bentham - Stephen Lawson, aged 23 years, born Low Bentham, son of James and [stepson of] Barbara Lawson.
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte Stephen Lawson, 9166, 348028, R. Scots.
British Army WW1 Medal and Award Rolls: Pte Stephen Lawson, 9166, 8th R. Scots; 348028, 5/6th R. Scots.
Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: Pte Stephen Lawson, 348028, 5/6th Bn Royal Scots. Date and Place of Death: 11.8.18. K. in A. France. To whom Authorised/Amount Authorised: Father and sole legatee - James. £22 6s. 4d.
On the 15 June 1916, the 1/5th Bn Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment) (Queen's Edinburgh Rifles), amalgamated with the 1/6th Bn to form the 5th/6th Bn Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment).
Stephen is commemorated in the Rolls of Honour at the Scottish National War Memorial, Edinburgh.
A short biography of Stephen is included in: ‘Bentham’s Part in the Great War 1914-18’ by Allan and Marilyn Hartley (2019).
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, Stephen, Royal Scots, Flourlands Hall Farm, High Bentham, Killed Aug. 11, 1918.
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Private Stephen LAWSON
Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment)
Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 32nd Division
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Bouchoir New British Cemetery
Front row, first on left - the grave of Private Stephen Lawson
Courtesy of Allan Hartley, High Bentham
Bouchoir New British Cemetery
CWGC Headstone
Courtesy of Allan Hartley, High Bentham
Private Stephen Lawson’s British War Medal and Victory Medal
Photographed by Allan Hartley at the Armistice Exhibition at Bentham Town Hall, November, 2018
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15 February 1918
HIGH BENTHAM – On Leave
Private Wm. Hodgson, of Fairfield, R.F.A.; Private Stephen Lawson, Royal Scots; Rd. Robinson, ‘The Duke’s’; Robert Rigg, of Guy Hill, Canadians; Edward Kellett, of the Canadians; Signaller Arnold Jackson, John Johnson, and Sidney Bibby, R.G.A.; John Willan, R.E.; Private Wallace Wilcock, Canadians; and Private Percy Prince, ‘Duke’s,’ are home on leave.
13 September 1918
BURTON-IN-LONSDALE – Killed in Action
Official information has been received by Mr. James Lawson, Fourlands Farm, that his youngest son, Private Stephen Lawson, Royal Scots, was killed in France on August 11th. Before joining the forces, Private Lawson was employed at Messrs. Wm. Bateson and Sons, Waterside Potteries. He has two other brothers in the Army and all are old boys of Thornton’s Schools.
13 September 1918
HIGH BENTHAM – A Bentham Royal Scot ‘Goes West’
Official news reached Mr. James Lawson, of Fourlands Hill Farm, on Monday, that his youngest son, Private Stephen Lawson, Royal Scots, was killed in action on Sunday, the 11th August. Private Lawson joined up on the 13th May, 1916, and had been out in France just two years. Much sympathy is felt throughout the Bentham district for Mr. Lawson, who has two other sons fighting.
20 September 1918
HIGH BENTHAM – THE LATE PRIVATE S. LAWSON
We reproduce a photograph of Private Stephen Lawson, of the Royal Scots, youngest son of Mr. James Lawson, Fourlands Hall Farm, who, as recorded in last week’s ‘Herald,’ was killed in action on Sunday, Aug. 11th last. We tender very sincere sympathy to Mr. Lawson, who has two other sons fighting.
25 October 1918
BURTON-IN-LONSDALE – Memorial Service
An impressive service was held at All Saints Church on Sunday afternoon in memory of Private John Harrison, Lancashire Fusiliers, and Private Stephen Lawson, Royal Scots, both of whom have been killed in France. The church was well filled, and the service was taken by the Vicar (Rev. R. Stowell), who made touching references to the two heroes, both old scholars of Thornton’s Schools. The former, aged only eighteen, was a bell ringer of the church and a most promising youth. The local members of the V.T.C. and special constables attended in a body. A collection for the local War Memorial Fund realised £2 17s. 3d.
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