Laurence Tomes

Laurence Tomes [Lawrence Tomes]

Service no. R/10638

Rifleman, King's Royal Rifle Corps, 2nd Battalion

Died on 25 September 1915, aged about 24

Enlisted at Battersea, Surrey

Remembered at St Mary's ADS Cemetery, Haisnes, Pas de Calais, France

Information from the 1911 census

In 1911, Laurence Tomes, a 20-year-old barman, was working at the The Earl Spencer pub, 37 Battersea Bridge Road, London. His mother, brother Edwin and sister Christina, were living at 26 Gladstone Terrace, Battersea. Edwin Tomes is also remembered on the Holy Trinity memorial.