Private
Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex) Regiment | 3463 | 26th & 19th (Pioneer) Battalions |
Biography
Bryant was born on 21 September 1875 at Goldalming; his parents were Reuben and Alice Lawrence. He attested at Bakewell in August 1915, a navvy, aged nearly forty, living at The Common Crich. He had married Annie Shaw in 1908. In January 1916 he was discharged from the Army on grounds of ill health although his request for a pension was denied. His army pension record wrongly named him as Henry Lawrence Bryant.
Army Records: (NB wrongly recorded as Henry Lawrence BRYANT on Pension Record)
He attested at Bakewell
21/08/15, a navvy aged 39 years 11 months of The Common, Crich. He was 5ft 7in, married to Annie (née Shaw) on 04/07/1908 at Belper Reg. Office. He was discharged under Para 392 (iii) cc K.R on 20/01/16. A letter from Chelsea Hospital dated 18/09/16 rejected his pension appeal.
21.08.15 Posted to 26th Middlesex
29.12.15 Posted to
19th Middlesex
21.08.15 to 20.01.16 Home
20.01.16 Discharged under Para 392 (iii) cc K.R.
Character recorded as Good, hardworking.
Cannot find any entitlement for the Silver War Badge.
1881: Goldaming
Forename | Surname | Relationship | Age | Occupation | Where born |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Rueben | Lawrence | Head | 22 | Stoker gas works | Minehead |
Alice | Lawrence | wife | 25 | Goldaming | |
William Benjamin | Lawrence | son | 4 | Guildford | |
Bryant | Lawrence | son | 2 | Godalming | |
Emily | Lawrence | daughter | 6 mo | Goldaming |
RG11 piece 779 folio 37 page 38
1891: Goldaming
Forename | Surname | Relationship | Age | Occupation | Where born |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Rueben | Lawrence | Head | 32 | Stoker gas works | Minehead |
Alice | Lawrence | wife | 35 | Goldaming | |
William L. | Bailey | son | 14 | Guildford | |
Bryant | Lawrence | son | 12 | Godalming | |
Emily | Lawrence | daughter | 10 | Goldaming | |
Arthur | Lawrence | son | 9 | Goldaming | |
Albert | Lawrence | son | 4 | Goldaming | |
John | Lawrence | son | 1 | Goldaming |
RG12 piece 562 folio 20 page 33
1911: Hayfield
Forename | Surname | Relationship | Age | Occupation | Where born |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bryant | Lawrence | Lodger (married) | 34 | Labourer | Godalming |
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1911: Hilts Cottage, Crich
Forename | Surname | Relationship | Age | Occupation | Where born |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Annie | Lawrence | Wife (married) | 40 | Crich | |
John | White | nephew | 24 | Quarryman | Tansley |
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