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Spr. William Lascelles
British Army 526th Field Company Royal Engineers

(d.1st Jul 1916)
William Lascelles died aged 22. He was born in Jarrow in 1892 son of Joseph Harker and Janet Lascelles (nee Robertson) of 49 Ferry Street Jarrow. In the 1911 Census William Lascelles, age 19, a Coal miner in Hebburn Colliery, lived with his parents Joseph Harker & Janet Lascelles at 49, Ferry Street, Jarrow. He was the husband of Catherine Potts (formerly Lascelles nee Taylor) of 2 Bell Street East Jarrow. His older brothers James and Joseph were also of the fallen
William is remembered on the Thiepval Memorial and is commemorated on the Triptych in St. Paul's Church Jarrow.

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