LAWRENCE HUBERT GREEN 1888–1955

Born 10th June 1888 Denton, Lincs

Baptised 6th January 1889 at St Andrew’s Church, Lincolnshire

Married 1920 to Florence Turner, Chesterfield

Daughter Florence born 16 January 1921

Died 19th December 1955, 8 Mill Lane, Warmsworth, Doncaster

1891 Census

Age 2 living at Denton. Father George 38, a mason, mother Isabella, brothers James 13, Charles 11, Herbert 9, Tom 8; sisters Rose 6, Florence 4 and Violet 1.

1901 Census

Age 12 living at Denton with parents and sisters Florence, Violet, Agnes, eight, Mildred, seven, and Mabel, five.

1911 Census

Age 22 employed as a carter, living with his mother is a shopkeeper (bakery), and sisters Agnes, tobacco leaves stripper, Mildred, dressmaker, and Mabel, tobacco box maker, at Bramcote Street, Nottingham.

Military Service

Rank: Driver

Service Number: M2/034605

Military Unit: Mechanical Transport/Royal Army Service Corps, North Midland Div. Supply Column

Theatre of War: France and Flanders, date of entry 26.2.15.

Enlisted: 14 Nov 1914 to Army Service Corps

Address: 172 Gregory Boulevard, Nottingham. Age: 26, occupation motor fitter driver, height 5ft 8½ins, weight 143lbs. Next of kin Harriet Isabel Green, mother. Mother’s address later changed to Lincoln Grove, Cropwell Rd, Radcliffe on Trent

26.2.1915: To France on S.S. Queen Empress, disembarked next day

5.6.16 – 17.6.1916: Leave

1.11.1917: Hospital admission, sickness

5.7. 18 – 12.7.1918: Hospital admission, dental problems

May 1919: Returned home.

Medals Awarded: 1914-1915 Star, British War and Victory

Military Personnel Address on 1918 Electoral Register

Lincoln Grove, Radcliffe on Trent

1921 Census

Address: Staveley Street, Edlington, Yorkshire

Employment: motor mechanic, Yorkshire Main Colliery, Edlington

Household: wife Florence, daughter Florence

1939 Register

Address: 159 Sheffield Road, Doncaster

Occupation: Coal washery foreman

Household: living with wife Florence born 11.5.1890 and daughter Florence shorthand typist.

Reasons for inclusion on Radcliffe on Trent Roll of Honour

Radcliffe on Trent address in 1918