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Military service
Service number:
16215
Age:
26
Rank:
Company Sergeant Major
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Machine Gun Corps
Enlistment:
Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan
Death:
April 9, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Bay 10.
Additional information
Son of Lawrence Bowdler King and Rachel King, of Cottingham Rd., Hull.
Brother of Lance Corporal William Henry King who died on August 28, 1918 while serving with the Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derby Regt.).
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Mentioned in Despatches
Digital gallery of Company Sergeant Major Lawrence Leggott King
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Born in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan. Mentioned in Despatches. 9th April 1917. Age 26. Lawrence Leggott King joined the KOYLI in 1910 and transferred to the machine Gun Corps where he served with 13 Coy. He was Mentioned in Dispatches for his conduct -
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Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
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Company Sergeant Major Lawrence Leggott King
Digital gallery of
Company Sergeant Major Lawrence Leggott King
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 578 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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