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To the Honoured Memory
of
Serjeant William Lawrence
(of the 40th Regiment of Foot)
Who after a long and eventful life
In the service of his country
Peacefully ended his days at Studland
November 11th 1869
He served with his distinguished Regiment
In the war in South America 1805
And through the whole of the Peninsular War 1808 - 1813
He received a silver medal and no less than ten clasps
For the battles in which he was engaged
ROLEIA VIMIERA TALAVERA
CIUDAD RODRIGO
BADA-JOZ
(In which desperate assault being one of the volunteers
For the forlorn hope he was most severely wounded)
VITTORIA PYRENEES NIVELLES
ORTHES TOULOUSE
He also fought at the glorious victory of
WATERLOO
June 18th 1815
While still serving with his regiment during the
Occupation of Paris by the Allied armies
Serjeant Lawrence married Clotilde Clairet
at St Germaine-en-Laye who died Sept 26th 1853
and was buried beneath this spot
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 Photo displayed with
kind permission of Daniel Gould "A
Dorset Soldier: The Autobiography of Sergeant William Lawrence 1790 -
1869" published by Spellmount. Family Tree Magazine - March 2005, pg
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