William joined 1st Battalion Gordon Highlanders in March 1903 using an inflated age - he was two months short of 17 at the time - and was se...
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William Lawrence
Private
Service No. 8873
Age 28
Died on 27 August 1914
Gordon Highlanders
LA FERTE-SOUS-JOUARRE MEMORIAL
Seine-et-Marne, France
Son of the late James and Mary Thomson Lawrence, of 9, Ship Row, Peterhead; husband of Joan Couper Lawrence, of 9, Oglivie Terrace, Leven, Fife.
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Remembered by 3 generations in visits to the battlefield and memorial exactly 100 years later. Requiescat in pace.
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The age even though i know there was younger it is still a dreadful age to die. Also he is from scotland just like my dad
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