World War 1
Search the known records to date of those lost from the wider Alnwick area in World War 1
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Thomas Edward Lawson-Smith
Forename(s):
Thomas Edward
Surname:
Lawson-Smith
Initial(s):
T E
Service Number:
Officer
Rank:
Lieutenant
Regiment:
Cavalry of the Line, 13th Hussars, attached to the 11th (Prince Albert's Own) Hussars
Died:
01/11/1914
Aged:
25
Buried:
Menin Gate Memorial, Ieper
Service History:
Gazetted 2nd Lieutenant, 13th Hussars, on 15 September 1909, & promoted Lieutenant 6 December 1913.
Went to France attached to the 11th (Prince Albert's Own) Hussars, & was killed in action near Messines 30-31 October following.
(Source: 'UK, De Ruvigny's Roll of Honour 1914-18'; Part 1; p. 333)
Background:
Born on 14 March 1889, at York, the son of Edward Maule Lawson-Smith, of Colton Lodge, Tadcaster, Yorkshire, B.A., J.P., by his wife, Ethel Mary, daughter of the late General Sir William Davies.
Educated at Warren Hill, Eastbourne; Stubbington (Foster's); Harrow; & the Royal Military College, Sandhurst.
(Source: 'UK, De Ruvigny's Roll of Honour 1914-18'; Part 1; p. 333)
One of two sons lost: see, also, Lieutenant John Lawson-Smith (Prince of Wales's Own [West Yorkshire Regiment], 1st Battalion; Died 20 October 1914).
The land on which the Amble War Memorial stands was given by Edward Maule Lawson-Smith, second son of Reverend Edward Lawson of Longhirst. This land, which was part of a large estate at Amble & Togston, was inherited by him in 1862 from his ancestor, Mr. G. T. Smith. In 1880 Edward Lawson also adopted the Smith surname. His two sons are mentioned on the memorial dedication panel, they were killed within 12 days of each other in 1914.
(Source: 'In Memory of the Fallen: Amble & surrounding area'; Compiled by Jane Dargue, Jim Donnelly & Helen Lewis; 2014; p. 14)
Local Memorial:
Amble War Memorial
