Basic Details
Surname
Flowers
Forenames
Laurence
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Alternative forename
Lawrence
Served or died
Died
Service number
8138
Notes
The Roll lists his address as 50 Hills Yard, Bridge Street, and that he was entitled to the 1914 Star medal.

(CWGC records that Private Lawrence Flowers, regimental number 8138, died on 28/4/1915 serving in the 1st Battalion Suffolk Regiment, and is buried in grave VIII.B.11 at Boulogne Eastern Cemetery in France. They record him as the son of Mr E Flowers of 16 Hills Road, Broad Bridge Street in Peterborough. On the 1911 census Lawrence had been serving in the 2nd Battalion Suffolk Regiment, based at Aldershot. The Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects record that his father Edmund was his legatee).
Primary Service
As stated on memorial
Service (Primary - Stated)
Army
Unit (Primary - Stated)
Suffolks
Sub-unit (Primary - Stated)
1st
Rank / Title (Primary - Stated)
Pte
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Death and Burial details
Country of death
France
Town of death
Boulogne
Country of burial
Not Stated on Memorial
Cemetery
Not Stated on Memorial
Year of death
1915
Month of death
April
Day of death
28
Manner of death as stated
Died of wounds in Boulogne Hospital
Manner of death reference
Died of Wounds
Personal Details
Address
50, HILLS YARD, BRIDGE STREET
Occupation
Not Stated on Memorial