Source: Reverted to private per service record entry in Gaines, James, reg. no. 53675 service record.
Family Search: When Private William Lawrence was born on 15 April 1881, in Shropshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, James Lawrence, was 37 and his mother, Jane Richards, was 38. He immigrated to Hamilton, Wentworth, Ontario, Canada in 1910 and lived in Astley, Shropshire, England, United Kingdom in 1891. He registered for military service in 1915. In 1915, at the age of 34, his occupation is listed as driver. He died on 26 February 1950, in Hamilton, Wentworth, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 68, and was buried in Woodland Cemetery, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
History of the 18th Battalion CEF, "The Fighting Eighteenth" 