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Percy Roy Lawson

In memory of:

Sergeant Percy Roy Lawson

April 9, 1917

Military Service


Service Number:

401326

Age:

23

Force:

Army

Unit:

4th Canadian Mounted Rifles (2nd Central Ontario Regt.)

Additional Information


Born:

November 5, 1893

Enlistment:

August 5, 1915

Son of Thomas H. and Elizabeth Lawson, of Detroit, Michigan, U.S.A. He attested at Clinton on 5 August 1915 listing his civilian occupation as farmer. He was the cousin of Pilot Officer Orval Percy Roy, 14 (R.A.F.) Sqdn, Royal Canadian Air Force deceased 7 May 1944.

Commemorated on Page 273 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

THELUS MILITARY CEMETERY
Pas de Calais, France

Grave Reference:

IV. F. 7.

Location:

Thelus is a village in the Department of the Pas-de-Calais, west of the N17 Arras-Lens main road and 6.5 kilometres north of Arras. Thelus Military Cemetery is approximately 300 metres west of the N17, located in the open country, about 50 metres north of Thelus village.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Grave Marker– The grave marker at the Thelus Military Cemetery located at the foot of Vimy Ridge, just outside of Thelus, France. May he rest in peace. (J. Stephens 2010)
  • Thelus Military Cemetery– The Thelus Military Cemetery located at the foot of Vimy Ridge, just outside of Thelus, France. May they rest in peace. (J. Stephens)

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