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Pte. Lawrence Plant
British Army 7th Btn Middlesex Regiment (Duke of Cambridges Own)
from:Longton, Staffs.
(d.28th Aug 1918)
Lawrence Plant was, originally, in the 3rd Battalion of the South Staffordshire Regiment, which was a reserve Battalion that never left England. He transferred to the 7th Battalion of the Middlesex Regiment which, at the time of his death, were part of the 56th (London) Division and involved in the Battle of the Scarpe (a phase of the 2nd Battle of Arras). He died on 28th Aug 1918, aged 22 and is commemorated on the Vis-en-Artois Memorial in France. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Plant, of 68, Furnace Rd., Normacott, Longton, Staffs.