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{{ROH Soldier 4th Battalion
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|image1_size = 450
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|image_caption = William Benson Lawrence on horseback, India
|Enlisted=Carlisle, Cumberland▼
|Casualty type=Commonwealth War Dead▼
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|rank = [[Private]]
|service_number = 202282
|company =
|battalion = [[1/4th Battalion]]
|regiment = [[Border Regiment]]
|attached =
|transferred =
|former_unit =
|commands =
|theatres = India
|battles =
|tactics =
|service_period =
|honours =
|decorations =
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|mention_in_dispatches=
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|other_records =
<!--PERSONAL----------->
|honourific_prefix =
|name = William Benson Lawrence
|honourific_suffix =
|other_name =
|nickname =
|born = Middleton, Westmorland
|nationality = {{flag|England|25px}}
|education =
|former_employment = Blacksmith<ref name="lawrence">Information provided by William Benson Lawrence's grandson.</ref>
|spouse = Agnes Ward, married 1915<ref name="lawrence"/>
|children = Walter Lawrence, born 27 June, 1916
|parents = William John Lawrence and Mary Maria Lawrence (née Benson)<ref>William's father, William, was born in Leck, Lancashire. His mother, Mary, was born in Staveley, Westmorland.</ref><ref name="lawrence"/>
|siblings =
|additional_family =
|residence = Kirkby Lonsdale
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|died = [[24 August]] 1918
<noinclude>[[Category:Casualties (4th Battalion)]]▼
|age = 28 years
|cause_of_death = [[d.]] - Killed by accident when hit by a train in Nowshera<ref name="lawrence" />
|burial_type = Memorial
|reference_number = Face 1
|resting_place = {{CWGC cemetery|id=142700|name=Delhi Memorial (India Gate)}}<ref>Additional note provided by the {{CWGC}} states William is buried at Nowshera Mil. Cem. I. 11A.</ref>
|coordinates = {{osm|28.61307|77.22945|14}}
|location_map =
|additional_memorials =
|scroll = {{scroll}}
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|periodicals =
|books =
|websites =
|links =
|images = <!--{{images}}-->
<!--BIOGRAPHY---------->
|biography = {{no biography}}
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|references = {{reflist|3}}
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