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Herbert Anthony Rickerson Lawson

In memory of:

Corporal Herbert Anthony Rickerson Lawson

September 26, 1916

Military Service


Service Number:

180493

Age:

39

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (British Columbia Regiment)

Division:

7th Bn.

Additional Information


Husband of Sadie C. Connolly Lawson, of Victoria, British Columbia. Born at Bristol, England.

Commemorated on Page 117 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

SERRE ROAD CEMETERY No. I
Pas de Calais, France

Grave Reference:

V. G. 28.

Location:

Puisieux is in the Department of the Pas-de-Calais, containing the villages of Puisieux and Serre. Using the D919 from Arras to Amiens you will drive through the villages of Bucquoy, Puisieux then Serre-Les Puisieux (approximately 20 kilometres south of Arras). On leaving Serre Les Puisieux, 700 metres further along the D919, SERRE ROAD CEMETERY NO. 1 can be found on the right hand side.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Newspaper clipping– From the Daily Colonist of October 14, 1916. Image taken from web address of https://archive.org/details/dailycolonist58y264uvic/mode/1up?view=theater

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