Frank Lawless

Age 20    Single

Lance Corporal 2658793
2^nd Bn., Coldstream Guards

Killed in action on
Tuesday 21^st May 1940

Frank lived with his parents at Fort Villa , Pendle Street East , Sabden.  After leaving school he was employed by Messrs Lockwood and Buckley as a weaver at Union Mill, Sabden.  

He joined the army in February 1939 and on the outbreak of the war he was drafted to France .  Frank was given a week's leave and he was able to spend Easter 1940 at home with his parents.  

Five weeks after Frank had returned to France , his parents received a communication from the war office stating that Lance-Corporal Lawless had been killed in action on Tuesday 21^st May 1940 .  

Along with nineteen of his comrades, Frank is buried at the Pecq Communal Cemetery , Pecq, Hainaut , Belgium .  

In Sabden he has been remembered on both the School and Church Plaques.

Click on the thumbnails below for  larger pictures.
	The telegram announcing Frank's death.
	Notification of burial and personal effects.
	The cemetery Pecq, Belgium.
	Frank's gravestone.
With thanks to Frank's relatives for the loan of this material.