Lawrence Monks
The name Lawrence Monks is not the first name listed on the monument.
The monument is in Municipal cemetery, Otley, Yorkshire, England.
There are 2164 other graves within this cemetery that are listed within the GPR database.
Lawrence Monks was buried in 1917. The actual date of death is not currently recorded on the GPR database but it may be on the grave monument photograph.
Lawrence Monks is listed on the GPR grave numbered 158050.
Lawrence Monks is listed as the son of Mary Ellen Monks on the grave monument.
Lawrence Monks has the record number 336127 within the GPR person name database table.
The record was added to the GPR on 16 October 2011
There are 4 images available for the monument listing Lawrence Monks (see grave detail page).
The follow note is stored against Lawrence Monks record:
Information from De Ruvigny's Roll of Honour (volume 5 page 125) MONKS, LAWRENCE, Gunner, No. 189445, Royal Horse and Royal Field Artillery, only s. of Oliver Monks, of 9, Beaufort Drive, Wallasey, co. Chester, Chief Engineer, S.S. Northland, Red Star Line, Antwerp, by his wife, Mary Ellen, dau. of Robert Hall; b. Leeds, 1 Jan. 1898; educ. Ashville College, Harrogate; St.Gabriel, Bouchout, and School of Commerce, Antwerp; intended entering the Liverpool University with the intention of specializing in chemistry; enlisted in the Royal Artillery 18 Dec. 1916; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from Feb. 1917, and was killed in action at Passchendaele 25 Oct. following. Buried at Canada Farm, Elverdinghe, north-west of Ypres. An officer wrote: 'He had not been long with us, but quite long enough to appreciate his worth. I had occasion only once to have a chat with him, and was very interested to learn of his ambition. I had marked him as a decided asset to the battery, as one who would soon get promotion.' Unm.