Laurence Patrick Gardiner
Memorial: Patchway
Regiment: Royal Scots Fusiliers
Medals: 1939–45 Star, War Medal 1939–1945
Rank and number: Major
Parents: Alice May and Edward Thomas Gardiner
Marital status: Married
Home address: Parents: The Batch, High Littleton near Paulton Somerset Laurence and Alice: Weymouth, Dorsetshire.
Date of birth: 13/10/1909
Date of death: 10/08/1944
Buried/Commemorated at: Weymouth, Dorsetshire
Age: 35
Further information:
11th Battalion Royal Scots Fusiliers.
In June of 1944, shortly after D-Day, his regiment moved to Normandy as part of XXX Corps and in July was involved in actions along the river Odon. Laurence was wounded on the 3rd of July and remained at duty but was killed in action a month later. He was initially buried in Cuverville a town liberated from the Germans on 19th July.
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
This information has been provided by Sarah Hands, Volunteer Researcher for the South Gloucestershire War Memorials Web Site.
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
https://www.cwgc.org/
https://www.findmypast.co.uk/
https://www.forces-war-records.co.uk/