Wilfred Lawson

Wilfred was born in Horbury in 1889, the son of Mrs. Emma Jackson (a charwoman), of 12, Stringer Lane, in the parish of St Mary’s Horbury Junction. Wilfred enlisted in Wakefield and became a Private in the 6^th Battalion of the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry (Service number 3/2954). He died on 12^th March 1917 – probably in the Arras offensive. Wilfred has no known grave and his name is recorded on the ARRAS MEMORIAL, which commemorates almost 35,000 servicemen from the United Kingdom, South Africa and New Zealand who died in the Arras sector between the spring of 1916 and 7 August 1918, and have no known grave.