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John Dalby Lawton

Service Number DM2/164960
Military Unit 641st Motor Transport Coy Army Service Corps
Date of birth Unknown
Date of Death 29 Aug 1918 (33 Years Old)
Place of Birth Kingsland, Herefordshire.
Employment, Education or Hobbies He worked in the family owned public house/hotel.
Family History

He was the son of Sarah Lawton and the brother of George Augusta Lawton. In 1911, he lived at the Victoria Hotel Ryland Road Beeston Nottingham.

Military History

Jonathan Dalby Lawton enlisted at Beeston and was attached 111th Signal Section, Royal Engineers. Hem Farm Military Cemetery, Hem-Moncau, Grave Reference: I C 1

Extra Information

Nottingham Evening Post 7th September 1918: “LAWTON. – Killed in action, August 29th, 1918, Pte. J. D. Lawton, Royal Garrison Artillery, aged 32, second son of Mrs. S. Lawton, Victoria Hotel, Beeston.” In memoriam 28th August 1919 in the Nottingham Evening Post: “LAWTON. – In loving memory of Pte. J. D. Lawton, killed in action in France August 29th, 1918, second son of Mrs. S. Lawton, Victoria Hotel, Beeston.” Notices courtesy of Jim Grundy and his facebook pages Small Town Great War Hucknall 1914-1918

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