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Ordinary Seaman LAWRENCE LAWTON

Service Number: D/JX 186865
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Navy

H.M.S. Hastings.

Date of Death

Died 22 December 1940

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

EDINBURGH (SEAFIELD) CEMETERY

Sec. P. Grave 810.

United Kingdom

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Lawrence and Hilda Lawton, of Wareham, Dorsetshire.
  • Personal Inscription THE LORD IS MY KEEPER
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Buried or commemorated at

EDINBURGH (SEAFIELD) CEMETERY
Edinburgh United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 296
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