Family Group: Three: Private L. R. Lawrence, East Kent Regiment 1914-15 Star (G-871 Pte....

Family Group: Three: Private L. R. Lawrence, East Kent Regiment 1914-15 Star (G-871 Pte. L. R. Lawrence. E. Kent. R.); British War and Victory Medals (G-871 Pte. L. R. Lawrence. E. Kent. R.) very fine General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Malaya, G.VI.R. (S/6851828 S/Sjt. L. R. Lawrence. R.A.S.C.) nearly extremely fine (4) £80-£100 --- Leslie Richard Lawrence served in France from 23 February 1915. Discharged to Army Reserve on 22 February 1919, his Pension Ledger and Index Card notes his home address as 28 Trossaels Road, East Dulwich, London. A few years later, on 13 March 1925, his name caught the attention of the Southwark and Bermondsey Recorder and South London Gazette: ‘Alleged Sacrilege Leslie Richard Lawrence (32), a clerk, of Trossaels Road, East Dulwich, was charged, before Mr. F. Mead, at Lambeth Police Court, with attempting to break and enter the East Dulwich Grove Congregational Church with intent to commit a felony. P.C. Stephenson stated that at one o’clock on Sunday morning he was in East Dulwich Grove, when he heard the sound of breaking glass... He found the prisoner standing outside a window which had been broken. When asked what he was doing there the prisoner replied: “I was only walking round.” he examined the prisoner’s hands, and found they were bleeding. When charged, the prisoner replied: “I understand.”