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Private William Lawlor

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PERSONAL INFORMATION

Name: Lawlor, William
Date of birth: 1872-12-01
Place of birth: Dudley Staffordshire England
Next of kin: E J Lawlor, brother. Pleasentville, New York, U.S.A.
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): Labourer
Occupation (normalized): Labourer
Address: 330 Ross Avenue, Winnipeg, Manitoba
Religion: Roman Catholic
Date of death: 1917-04-09
Cause of death: Killed in action
Buried: Thelus Military Cemetery, II. B. 15.

MILITARY INFORMATION

Regimental number: 701005
Highest Rank: Private (46th Battalion)
Rank detail
  1. Private, 46th Battalion, Infantry (Army). 1916-09-11 to 1917-04-09
  2. Private (Army). 1916-01-28 to 1916-07-13
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: Vimy Ridge
Commemoration location: http://bhc-who-died-in-the-first-world-war.silk.co/page/701005
Awards

British War Medal

Victory Medal

RESEARCH INFORMATION

CVWM ID: No CVWM ID in our database, but try this.
CWGC ID: 296828
LAC ID: 520979
Attestation record(s): image 1, image 2
Service file: B5457-S013
Uploader's Notes:

Son of John Lawlor and Anne Lawlor, of Dudley, Stafford, England.

A 15 year old William Lawlor left Liverpool on 14 July 1887 on board the ship Sarmatian with a Party of Home Children under Cardinal Manning of the Catholic Emigration Society and arrived Quebec City on 24 July 1887 with final Destination Ottawa Ontario. On 28 Jan 1915 and now living in Winnipeg Manitoba 43 year old William Lawlor joins and helps organize the 22 Dec 1915 authorized 101st Battalion. This Battalion sails for England on 28 June 1916 and it is broken up by 13 July 1916. Private William Lawlor is transferred to the 17th Reserve Battalion on 13 July 1916 On 11 September 1916 he is in France attached to the 46th Battalion. On 9 April 1917 former Home Child William Lawlor is Killed in Action during an Attack on Vimy Ridge.

Uploader's Research notes: Details of death from Ancestry.com which includes a digitized image of the casualty form from the "Canada, War Graves Registers (Circumstances of Casualty), 1914-1948” database

[Private Army Canadian Infantry 101st Battalion Private Army Canadian Infantry 46th Battalion Victory Medal British War Medal ]

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2022-03-27