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Second Lieutenant PETER WYNDHAM RIOU LAWFORD

Service Number: 172217
Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Own Scottish Borderers

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 29 April 1942

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

TUNSTALL (ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST) CHURCHYARD, LANCASHIRE

Grave 951.

United Kingdom

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Captain Edward Douglas Wyndham Lawford, D.S.O., R.N., and E. Marion Lawford. of Bay Horse.
  • Personal Inscription KILLED AT LEYBURN. ONLY SON OF CAPT. E.D.W. LAWFORD, DSO., RN. OF FERNHILL, PREESALL
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Buried or commemorated at

TUNSTALL (ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST) CHURCHYARD, LANCASHIRE
Lancashire United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 4
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