Lawrence was born in Australia and was a mining engineer by profession. He was the husband of Helen Vivien Edwards of Natal, South Africa: son of Stanley James Edwards & Constance Edith Edwards.

The circumstances of his death at the age of 33 on Sunday 21^st May 1944 are unknown at this time and he is one of two OWs to lie in Sangro River War Cemetery, Torino di Sangro in Italy.

A copy of this brief story is available for download here.

See also the Commonwealth War Graves Commission permanent digital memorial, ‘Evermore: Stories of the fallen’  relating to:-
L/Corporal Lawrence Lyon EDWARDS