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L/Cpl. · 1/1 Queen's Own Worcestershire Hussars (Worcestershire Yeomanry)

Lawrence Ernest Dabbs

† 15/11/1917 · aged 22 · Deir El Belah War Cemetery, B.115 (Israel and Palestine (including Gaza)); personal inscription: HE, DYING SO, LIVES

Personal data

NameDabbs
InitialsL.E.
Christian nameLawrence Ernest
Date and place of birthBirmingham (England)
FamilySon of William Arthur and Alice Maud Dabbs, of "Sunny Bank," Raglan Rd., Smethwick, Staffs.

Military data

Service number325246
RankL/Cpl.
Regiment / Unit1/1 Queen's Own Worcestershire Hussars (Worcestershire Yeomanry)
Date of death
Age22
Cemetery / MemorialDeir El Belah War Cemetery, B.115 (Israel and Palestine (including Gaza)); personal inscription: HE, DYING SO, LIVES

Other information

Information
'The John Lawrence Lamp' - Harborne Branch. Endowed on 19.09.1928. First lit on 27.04.1929 at The Great Hall of Church House, Westminster, by H.R.H. the Prince of Wales. "In memory of John Wilfred Dabbs, M.M., 2nd Lt., 1st A.I.F., killed in France, 6.9.1916; and of Lawrence Ernest Dabbs, L/Cpl., 1/1st Worcestershire Yeomanry, killed in Palestine, 15.11.1917" (Donated by their father).

Sources

Source
Roll of the Lamps of Maintenance of Toc H, 1922-1936