Service Details
Name:
 ROSS
Given Name:
 LAWRENCE GEORGE
Initials:
 L G
Rank:
 Second Lieutenant
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Regiment:
 7th Dragoon Guards (Princess Royal's)
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Former Regiment:
 formerly Serjeant #24 Natal Carbineers
Date of Death:
 1917-05-30
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Age:
 27
Cause of Death:
 Died of wounds
Additional
Information:
Son of George and Ann Simpson Ross, of Roslyn, Nottingham Road, Natal, South Africa. Born Nottingham Road, Natal. Educated Maritzburg College. A farm manager. Described as "one of the finest polo players in South Africa". On St John's Gowrie Presbyterian Church Cemetery Great War Memorial. ref. South African Roll of Honour 1914-1918
Commemoration
Country:
 France
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Locality:
 Somme
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Cemetery:
 TINCOURT NEW BRITISH CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 X. A. 8.

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