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Name:

Stephen LAWS

Casualty No.:

Ranks:

Company Sergeant Major

Initials:

Service No.:

3234

Date of Birth :

Place of Birth :

Ryton on Tyne, Co. Durham.

Age at Death:

Unit:

1st/6th Bn Northumberland Fusiliers (Territorial Force)

Former Unit(s):

Place Enlisted:

Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.

Place of Residence:

Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.

Home Address:

Normanton Terrace, Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.

Previous Address:

7 Wallace Terrace, Ryton on Tyne, Co. Durham.

Civilian Employment:

How Died:

Killed in action

Date of Death:

Friday 15th September 1916

Place of Death:

Somme, France.

Battle/Campaign:

Battles of the Somme, France, 1916. Battle of Flers-Courcelette, 15th – 22nd September 1916.

Locally Commemorated:

UK Commemorated:

Overseas Commemorated:

Buried:

Delville Wood Cemetery, Longueval, France.

Decoration and Medals:

Photographs:

Service Records:

Death Notice/Obituary:

Blaydon Courier, page 8, 21st October 1916. Newcastle Evening Chronicle, In Memoriam, 15th September 1919.

Family Details:

Second son of the late Hubert and Annie Elizabeth Laws of Ryton on Tyne, Co. Durham.

Notes :

Sources Used:

Commonwealth War Graves Commission Debt of Honour Register. Soldiers Died in the Great War.

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