Lawrence Joseph

Pilot, 90 Squadron
Service number 126938
Died 10 May 1944
Buried Avord Communal Cemetery, France
Age 28

Headstone Inscription
‘IN UNFADING, LOVING MEMORY OF MY DARLING HUSBAND. MAY YOU REST IN PEACE “SHORTY”‘

Lawrence was born 12 August 1915 in King’s Norton, Warwickshire to Joseph and Lydia née Lyons. Husband of Ellen née Dowling of Paddington, London.

Lawrence was the pilot of Stirling EF254 which departed RAF Tuddenham on a Special Operations Executive mission. The aircraft crashed at Villabon in central France killing five of the crew and the bomb aimer and a gunner were captured.

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  • Lydia Lyons & Joseph Joseph’s Wedding 1912
  • Lydia Lyons
  • Leah & Lawrence 1920
  • Lawrence
  • Lawrence aged 12
  • Ellen Dowling & Brother-in-Law
  • Lawrence 1943
  • Lawrence
  • Lawrence
  • Avord Communal Cemetery
  • Lawrence’s father Joseph Joseph served as a driver in the Army Service Corps
  • Joseph Joseph’s War Record
  • 1901 Census Lydia Lyons
  • 1911 Census Lydia Lyons