Lawrence Alfred H Barrow

BARROW, L A H

Rank: Second Lieutenant
Date of Death: 31/08/1916
Age :21
Regiment/Service: Royal Sussex Regiment 10th Bn.
Grave Reference: D. 3.
Cemetery: ENGLEBELMER COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Additional Information: Son of the Rev. A. H. Barrow and Emily Mary Barrow, of Ashfield, Beckenham, Kent

CWGC

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Medal Index Cards

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• First name(s) Bernard I
• Last name Barrow
• Service number A/386643
• Rank Private
• Corps Army Service Corps
• Service record Soldier Number: A/386643, Rank: Private, Corps: Army Service Corps
• Archive reference WO372/2
• Archive reference description Campaign Medal Index Cards and Silver War Badge Cards
• Country Great Britain
• Image link http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/SearchUI/Details?uri=D1204891
• Record set World War One British Army medal index cards
• Category Armed forces & conflict
• Subcategory First World War

Hastings and St Leonards Roll of Honour - Hastings and St Leonards Pictorial Advertiser

Lawrence Alfred Barrow

Rank: Private

Regiment: 5th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment

Father: Rev A H & Mrs Emily Barrow

Address: Hastings

Other Info: Father was Rector of All Saints Church, in the Old Town. According to CWDG, Lawrence was killed on 31st August 1916 aged 21. At the time he was Second Lieutenant in the 10th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. He is remembered at Engelbelmer Communal Cemetery, grave reference D.3.

Published: November 1914

FOTFWW

• Reference: WO 339/32661
• Description:
• 2nd Lieutenant Lawrence Alfred Howard BARROW.
• The Royal Sussex Regiment.
• Date: 1914-1919
• Held by: The National Archives, Kew

Entrained at Ligny-St-Flochel for La Souich (24/8). To Bois de Warnimont (25/8), Mailly-Maillet Wood (27/8). Took over trenches in front of Hamel (2/9). In attack 5.10 a.m. (3/9) - War Diary records first wave succeeding in entering enemy's front line - second and third, owing to enemy barrage across No Man's Land, suffered many casualties. Position between enemy's wire and front line held until withdrawn at 6.30 p.m. Relieved and to Englebelmer. Casualties - 299.

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Flamstead War Memorial

http://www.roll-of-honour.com/Hertfordshire/Flamstead.html
Memorial within the church

BARROW Lawrence Alfred Howard

Second Lieutenant, 10th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. Killed in action 31st August 1916. Aged 21. Son of the Rev. A. H. Barrow and Emily Mary Barrow, of Ashfield, Beckenham, Kent. Buried in ENGLEBELMER COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, Somme, France. Plot/Row/Section D. Grave 3.

There is a wall mounted memorial within St Leonard’s Church, to 2nd Lieutenant Lawrence Barrow of the 11th Battalion [10th on the CWGC records], Royal Sussex Regiment. His Father, Reverend A H Barrow, was Vicar of Flamstead from 1916 to 1923 and officiated at the unveiling of the War Memorial in November 1920.

AMDG
IN LOVING MEMORY OF
LAWRENCE ALFRED HOWARD BARROW
2ND LIEUT 11TH ROYAL SUSSEX REGIMENT
WHO FELL FIGHTING FOR HIS COUNTRY, IN FRANCE
AUGUST 31ST 1916
AGED 21 YEARS
THIS CROSS AND CANDLESTICKS ARE DEDICATED
BY HIS FATHER, MOTHER, BROTHERS & SISTERS
R.I.P.