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Carlton on Trent St Giles - George Brenton Laurie

St Mary the Virgin, Carlton-on-Trent, Nottinghamshire, NG23 6LP. Inscription on memorial: “In loving memory of George Brenton Laurie Lieut. Col. Commanding 1st Battn Royal Irish Rifles. Second son of Lieut. General Laurie CB, MP, who fell in action in the Great European War on Friday March 12th 1915 aged 47 while gallantly leading his men in a victorious charge at Neuve Chapelle France. Twice Mentioned in Despatches. He received his commission in 1885, fought in the Egyptian Campaign 1889 and in the South African War 1901 and was awarded the Queen's Medal with 5 clasps. Greater love hath no man than this that a man lay down his life for his friends. Deeds show.' Lieut. Col. Laurie is also commemorated on a battlefield cross (WMA27098), stained glass window (WMA27099) and the parish memorial (WMa27096).

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