Private 1620 Bernard William LAPWORTH

1st/7th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment

Died of wounds in France and Flanders, 30th June 1916, age 21

Buried Hebuterne Military Cemetery, Pas-de-Calais, France. Grave Ref: I.E.2

Awarded 1915 Star, British War and Victory Medals

Son of Bernard William and Harriet (nee Nixon) Lapworth

Brother of Lance Corporal 849 Cecil Lapworth

Links to Relevant Information

CWGC Page for Private Lapworth

Hebuterne Military Cemetery

Royal Warwickshire Regiment

Other Information

1895 birth registered in the first quarter, Nuneaton

1901 Census living at 12 Pool Bank Street, Nuneaton with his parents, siblings and grandmother. His father was employed as a Railway Ticket Examiner

1911 Census living at 48 Edward Street, Chilvers Coton, Nuneaton with his parents and siblings. He was employed as a Boot Shop Assistant. His father was employed as a Railway ticket inspector.

14th July 1916 his death was reported, in detail, in the Nuneaton Observer, as he was killed instantly with his commanding officer, Captain Murray. The report contains part of a letter sent from the remaining brother, Oswald – a short extract:

“Bernard was acting orderly to Captain Murray on the morning they were hit by the shell. They had been going round the trenches and SUDDENLY A SHELL BURST between them. Captain Murray seems to have got the full force of the explosion, but both were killed instantly.”