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71st Infantry Brigade
Jul 1915 Training Instruction
Jul 1915 Billets
21st Aug 1915 Orders
18th Sep 1915 Training
18th November 1915 Orders Received to Relieve 71st Infantry Brigade
2nd Feb 1916 Artillery Active
12th February 1916 Gas Alert
12th Feb 1916 Heavy Shelling
18th of September 1916 Brigade Dispositions
26th of September 1916 Reliefs
23rd of November 1916 Division to Side Slip
16th of December 1916 Enemy Very Quiet
20th Dec 1916 Reliefs
20th December 1916 On the March
7th Nov 1917 Training
3rd Apr 1918 Reliefs
14th of April 1918 A Counter-Attack
14th Apr 1918 Attack Made
14th of April 1918 Operations Orders
14th Apr 1918 Heavy Shelling
15th of April 1918 A Quiet Day
15th Apr 1918 Attacks Made
16th Apr 1918 Attacks Made
17th Apr 1918 Attacks Made
18th of April 1918 Relief for Some
18th Apr 1918 Attacks Made
19th of April 1918 A Quiet Day
19th Apr 1918 Snow
24th of April 1918 Rest and Reorganisation
30th of April 1918 ReportsIf you can provide any additional information, please add it here.
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- Garbutt Lawrence Mark. 2Lt. 9th Btn. (d.10th Aug 1918)
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2491382Lt. Lawrence Mark Garbutt 9th Btn. Norfolk Regiment (d.10th Aug 1918)
Lawrence Mark enlisted on 10th of December 1915, in Army Reserve. His physical description was given as fresh complexion, brown hair, brown eyes, height 5ft 6½ins, girth when expanded 37 inches with a 3 inch range of expansion, with no distinctive marks. His religion was Church of England.He was mobilized on 17th of April 1916. He was with 24th Division on 30 August 1915 and 6th Division 11 October 1915 and tested on 17th April 1916, where he was sent to 7 (FT) Artillery Training School as a Driver on 19th April 1916.
On 7th September 1917 he was transferred to No.12 Cadet Battalion, Newmarket for training as an Officer. He was discharged to Commission on 17th December 1917 as 2nd Lieutenant in the 3rd (Battalion) Essex Regiment. On 12 February 1918 Lawrence was passed as fit for his transfer to the Machine Gun Corps (Heavy Branch).
Whilst attached to the 9th Norfolk Regiment he went to the Western Front with 71st Brigade. He was gassed and had just returned to his unit when he was wounded in action on 18th July 1918. History tells us that the British Command decided that as they had taken so many hits that day the order was given to withdraw and to leave all the dead and dying lying on the battlefield. The ANZACS were sent to move into position and Lawrence was picked up and taken to the 3rd Australian Casualty Clearing Station. He had been hit in the lower right lumbar and kidney region. Lawrence died there three days later, cause of death "of wounds received in action".
Lawrence Mark was awarded the British War Medal and the Victory Medal. He is buried in Esquelbecq Cemetery in France. The newspaper report of Lawrence Mark's death states that he was 28 years of age, his death certificate and report from the Ministry of Defence confirms that he was wounded on 31st July 1918 and died on 10th August 1918. This is also reinforced by the War Diaries for the 9th Norfolk Regiment held at the National Archives, Kew, London.
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