Source: Regimental Rouge
Family Search: Private Samuel Lawrenson was born on 27 August 1888, in Prescott, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom as the son of James Lawrenson and Mary A Game. He married Sissy Lee before 1907. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He immigrated to Canada in 1907 and lived in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada in 1911 and Galt, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada in 1914. He registered for military service in 1914. In 1914, at the age of 26, his occupation is listed as labourer in Galt, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. He died on 1 October 1915, in Denmark Hill, Surrey, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 27, and was buried in Nunhead, London, England, United Kingdom.
Died of pneumonia.
History of the 18th Battalion CEF, "The Fighting Eighteenth" 
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