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Memorial details

Memorial type
Addition to gravestone
District
Woking
Town
Brookwood
County
Surrey
Country
England
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
51827

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Current location

BROOKWOOD CEMETERY
St Andrews Avenue
Brookwood
Woking
Surrey
England

OS Grid Ref: SU 961 562
Denomination: Undefined

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Description
Headstone mounted on square base. Captain G A K Lawrence is buried here.
Inscription
FOR GOD AND THE KING/ IN PROUD AND LOVING MEMORY OF/ HUMPHREY RICHARD LOCKE LAWRENCE/ CAPTAIN XXXIV SIKH PIONEERS INDIAN/ ARMY BELOVED HUSBAND OF MARY/ CLAUDINE LAWERENCE DROWNED IN THE/ SINKING BY THE GERMANS OF SS PERSIA/ OFF CRETE 30 DECEMBER 1915 AGED 27/ ALSO OF GEORGE AUBREY KENNEDY/ LAWRENCE D S O CAPTAIN RFA TEMPY/ LIEUT-COLONEL RFC KILLED FLYING AT/ UPAVON 28 JAN 1917 AGED 25 BURIED HERE/ ELDEST AND YOUNGEST SONS OF MAJOR/ GENERAL WILLIAM ALEXANDER LAWRENCE/ AND ADELAIDE HIS WIFE
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Lawrence, Humphrey Richard Locke
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Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 4
    Served and returned: 2
    Died: 2
    Exact count: no
    Information shown: rank,year died,regiment,place of death,forename,manner of death,age of death,relationships
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Base
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Stone
  • Stone of remembrance
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Stone
Listing information
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Reference
  • RECIPIENTS OF THE VICTORIA CROSS IN THE CARE OF THE COMMONWEALTH WAR GRAVES COMMISSION by C W G C Source: Image Library NIWM Published:COMMONWEALTH WAR GRAVES COMMISSION JANUARY 1997

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