No.T/111217, Driver, Lawrence POTTER
Aged 26
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Laurence Potter was born in Horringer (2nd qtr 1919 Bury St.Edmunds 4a:1210) son of James Henry and Bessie POTTER (née BRINKLEY).
In the 1939 register he was a fruit farm labourer, living at the Institute, The Street, Horringer, with his father James [23-9-1872] sawmill worker; his mother Bessie [13-5-1882]; sister Joyce [18-7-1910] house help; brother Felix J [25-6-1912] fruit farm labourer. This was his probate address. He married Margaret Watt GAIR [23] on 27th July 1942 in the parish church at St Ninians, Stirling. She was a storewoman at the Ordnance Depot. From the entry in CWGC it looks as if she returned to Scotland after Lawrence's death |
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He died in 23rd Scottish Hospital, Bad Oeynhausen, Germany (near Minden)
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