Lawman, William
William Lawman ('Billy'; surname sometimes Lowman)
Probably
3214 Private, Lincolnshire Regiment
206170 Private, Devonshire Regiment
Born 23rd May 1886 at Laughton
Son of Watson (an agricultural labourer from Laughton) and Elizabeth (nee Oxley of Blyton)
Family lived at 5 East End, Laughton
When he was 10 years old his father died
Mother moved to High Street, Scotton and her youngest children Mary and John ('Jack') sent to the Gainsborough Union Workhouse
At 14 he was a boarder working as an agricultural labourer at Somersby, near Gainsborough
Was using the surname 'Lowman'
By the outbreak of war his mother had moved to Scotter
Worked as an agricultural labourer for Cecil Limb at Highfield Farm on Kirton Road
Lived on Northmoor Road
Married Nellie Wolfe/Smith in 1945
Died in 1969 aged 83 in the North Kesteven registration district
Wife buried in Scotter Cemetery