Lawrence Heenan was born in West Lothian, Scotland, one of five sons and three daughters born to Laurence Heenan and his wife Margaret. Private Heenan worked as a coal miner near his home in Denny, Stirlingshire until he enlisted in the Argyll and Sunderland Highlanders Regiment on October 27, 1914. He was stationed in barracks with the 10th (Service) Battalion until orders came through to join the Expeditionary Force in France. He arrived at Boulogne on May 11, 1915 and proceeded to the Belgian front. 

His death is recorded officially as October 15, 1915 but it appears he was killed as a result of an explosion from a German mine placed under a crater. Thirty members from his Battalion died on that day. 

Full details of Lawrence Heenan and his family can be found on the Heenan Footsteps website at https://heenan.one-name.net/military-records/world-war-1/biography-private-lawrence-heenan/

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