Died
22 September 1944
Age 27
Sources
CWGC
Cumbria BMD
Ancestry
Place
Walks
Themes
Private Frederick Lawrence (3596402)
5th Battn. Border Regiment
CWGC: Son of Bert and Martha Lawrence. Army records say that his birthplace was Sussex, and that he lived in Surrey.
Casualty lists say that he died as a result of an accident.
Although he was in the Border Regiment, his origins were in the south. I think that his parents were Bert Lawrence (sometimes Laurence on Ancestry) (24) Labourer, of Cranleigh, son of James Lawrence, Dairyman, who married Martha Oakley (22) of Cranleigh, daughter of Thomas Oakley, Labourer, at St. Nicolas, Cranleigh on 29 July 1905.
1911 Census
In the 1911 Census living at 12 Baynards Cottages, Baynards, Corsham, Surrey, were Bert Lawrence (30) Labourer, born Aldershot, Hamshire (sic); Martha Lawrence (28) born Bromley, Surrey; William Thomas Lawrence (5) born Wonersh, Surrey; Percy Regiland (Sic – Reginald) Lawrence (3) born Wonersh, Surrey; Doros (sic- Doris) May Lawrence (2) born Wonersh, Surrey; and Albert Lawrence (9 months) born Baynards, Surrey.
1921 Census
In the 1921 Census, where the enumerator has only used initials, but the names have been completed later, the family are living at 54 Springfield Road, Horsham, Sussex. Bert Lawrence (40) General Labourer working for Mr. Hall, 26, West Street, Horsham, born Aldershot; M Lawrence (made into Emma!) (38) born Bromley, Surrey; W(illiam) Lawrence (15) Single, born Wonersh, Surrey; P(ercy) Lawrence (13) Whole time school, born Wonersh, Surrey; D(oris) Lawrence (12) Whole time school, born Wonersh, Surrey; B Lawrence (made into Albert) (10) Whole time school, born Baynards, Surrey; E(lsie) Lawrence (7) Whole time school, born Horsham, Sussex; F(rederick) Lawrence (4) Whole time school, born Horsham, Sussex; C(harles) Lawrence (2) born Horsham, Sussex.
A Sidney Lawrence, son of Bert and Martha, was baptised in Horsham, Sussex, on 28 October 1921.
I have not been able to find (June 2025) the right family in the 1939 Register.
