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Yorkshire
Regiment War Graves, - Scalby (St. Laurence) Churchyard |
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Scalby (St. Laurence) Churchyard. There are 5 Commonwealth War Graves in the Churchyard, 2 relating to the First World War and 3 for the Second World War. One of these graves is for a soldier of the Yorkshire Regiment.
Private Edwin Lazenby. 24990.
2nd Garrison Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of William and Ellen
Lazenby, of Burniston, Scarborough. Died at home 22 September 1918. Aged
32.
Born Scarborough, Enlisted Middlesbrough , Resided Grosmont (Yorks).
The above photo is shown with the kind permission of David Cunnington, who has provided details of the life of Edwin Lazenby on his Family Tree in Ancestry.co.uk.
Other information on Edwin Lazenby from the above Family Tree
is that he died of Phthisis (TB), and at the time of death was stated to
be a Farmer.
He had a brother, Herbert, who also served (possibly in the West Yorkshire
Regiment). Although Herbert served overseas, Edwin served at home throughout
the war.
Edwin Lazenby is commemorated on a memorial
in Burniston.
The only information on this memorial, to date, is that provided in the
above link.
When more information is obtained on this memorial, - where it is located,
a suitable photo etc., then a page will be set up for the memorial.
St.
Laurence's Church, Scalby
Photo © Copyright
Steve Day and licensed for reuse under this Creative
Commons Licence.