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2nd Lt. · 'D' Battery, 102 Brigade, Royal Field Artillery

Owen Heckford Lapthorn

† 28/05/1917 · 23 jaar · Railway Dugouts Burial Ground (Transport Farm), Zillebeke, IV.C.18; personal inscription: 'TWAS FOR THE FUTURE THAT THEY FOUGHT

Persoonlijke gegevens

NaamLapthorn
InitialenO.H.
VoornaamOwen Heckford
Geboortedatum en -plaatsAlverstoke, Hampshire; 14.10.1893
BeroepClerk
FamilieSon of Edwin Walter and Louisa Jane (nee Nicholson) Lapthorn, of "Glenelg," Gosport, Hants.

Extra informatie

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Educated at Mill Hill School, London
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Worked as an articled clerk at The Law Society, 113 Chancery Lane, Holborn, City of Westminster.

Militaire gegevens

Rang2nd Lt.
Regiment / Eenheid'D' Battery, 102 Brigade, Royal Field Artillery
Sterfdatum
Leeftijd23
Begraafplaats / GedenktekenRailway Dugouts Burial Ground (Transport Farm), Zillebeke, IV.C.18; personal inscription: 'TWAS FOR THE FUTURE THAT THEY FOUGHT

Andere informatie

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Killed in action
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Commemorated on memorial with names of solicitors and articled clerks, Holborn, Greater London
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'The Owen Lapthorn Lamp' - Radlett Branch. Endowed on 02.11.1925. First lit on 19.12.1925 at The Royal Albert Hall by H.R.H. the Prince of Wales. "In memory of Owen Heckford Lapthorn, 2nd Lt., 102nd Rifle Brigade, R.F.A., who gave his life for his comrades near Zillebeke, 28.5.1917" (Donated by his brother and sister.)

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Source
Liber Vitae 1928