Second Lieutenant LAWRENCE EDMUND ROWNTREE
Regiment & Unit/Ship: Royal Field Artillery, "A" Bty. 26th Bde.
Date of Death 25 November 1917
Age 22 years old
Son of Constance Margaret Rowntree, of Low Hall, Scalby, Scarborough, and the late John Wilhelm Rowntree.
Lawrence Edmund Rowntree of Scalby, Scarborough, was killed in action in Flanders on 25th November 1917, aged 22 years.
He was born at York in 1895 and was a grandson of Joseph Rowntree, the Quaker chocolate manufacturer and social reformer of York. He attended Bootham School from 1907 to 1912.
During 1916, Lawrence enlisted in the Army in the Motor Machine Gun Corps, "C" Company of the newly-formed Heavy Section, later known as the Tank Corps. He was posted to the Somme in France. All the tanks in the British Army were at Ancre in the first ever tank battle. Lawrence was injured and while home recuperating decided to apply for a commission. He was accepted and became a 2nd Lieutenant in the 26th Army Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. It was at the Battle of Passchendaele, the 3rd Battle of Ypres, that he was killed in action, on 25th November 1917.
Regiment & Unit/Ship: Royal Field Artillery, "A" Bty. 26th Bde.
Date of Death 25 November 1917
Age 22 years old
Son of Constance Margaret Rowntree, of Low Hall, Scalby, Scarborough, and the late John Wilhelm Rowntree.
Lawrence Edmund Rowntree of Scalby, Scarborough, was killed in action in Flanders on 25th November 1917, aged 22 years.
He was born at York in 1895 and was a grandson of Joseph Rowntree, the Quaker chocolate manufacturer and social reformer of York. He attended Bootham School from 1907 to 1912.
During 1916, Lawrence enlisted in the Army in the Motor Machine Gun Corps, "C" Company of the newly-formed Heavy Section, later known as the Tank Corps. He was posted to the Somme in France. All the tanks in the British Army were at Ancre in the first ever tank battle. Lawrence was injured and while home recuperating decided to apply for a commission. He was accepted and became a 2nd Lieutenant in the 26th Army Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. It was at the Battle of Passchendaele, the 3rd Battle of Ypres, that he was killed in action, on 25th November 1917.
Second Lieutenant LAWRENCE EDMUND ROWNTREE
Regiment & Unit/Ship: Royal Field Artillery, "A" Bty. 26th Bde.
Date of Death 25 November 1917
Age 22 years old
Son of Constance Margaret Rowntree, of Low Hall, Scalby, Scarborough, and the late John Wilhelm Rowntree.
Lawrence Edmund Rowntree of Scalby, Scarborough, was killed in action in Flanders on 25th November 1917, aged 22 years.
He was born at York in 1895 and was a grandson of Joseph Rowntree, the Quaker chocolate manufacturer and social reformer of York. He attended Bootham School from 1907 to 1912.
During 1916, Lawrence enlisted in the Army in the Motor Machine Gun Corps, "C" Company of the newly-formed Heavy Section, later known as the Tank Corps. He was posted to the Somme in France. All the tanks in the British Army were at Ancre in the first ever tank battle. Lawrence was injured and while home recuperating decided to apply for a commission. He was accepted and became a 2nd Lieutenant in the 26th Army Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. It was at the Battle of Passchendaele, the 3rd Battle of Ypres, that he was killed in action, on 25th November 1917.
Regiment & Unit/Ship: Royal Field Artillery, "A" Bty. 26th Bde.
Date of Death 25 November 1917
Age 22 years old
Son of Constance Margaret Rowntree, of Low Hall, Scalby, Scarborough, and the late John Wilhelm Rowntree.
Lawrence Edmund Rowntree of Scalby, Scarborough, was killed in action in Flanders on 25th November 1917, aged 22 years.
He was born at York in 1895 and was a grandson of Joseph Rowntree, the Quaker chocolate manufacturer and social reformer of York. He attended Bootham School from 1907 to 1912.
During 1916, Lawrence enlisted in the Army in the Motor Machine Gun Corps, "C" Company of the newly-formed Heavy Section, later known as the Tank Corps. He was posted to the Somme in France. All the tanks in the British Army were at Ancre in the first ever tank battle. Lawrence was injured and while home recuperating decided to apply for a commission. He was accepted and became a 2nd Lieutenant in the 26th Army Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. It was at the Battle of Passchendaele, the 3rd Battle of Ypres, that he was killed in action, on 25th November 1917.
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