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Lieutenant-General Sir Sydney Turing Barlow Lawford, KCB (16 November 1865 – 15 February 1953), was a decorated British general, later to become the father of Hollywood actor Peter Lawford.
Original IWM image caption: Brigadier General Sydney Turing Barlow Lawford. Unit: 22nd Infantry Brigade, attached to the 41st Division. Death: 15 February 1953. | Head and shoulders portrait
After training and home service, the 41st Division, commanded by Major-General Sydney Lawford, deployed overseas to reinforce the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) on the Western Front in the first week of May 1916; its first major combat came in September of that year, at the Battle of Flers–Courcelette, part of the larger Battle ...
Sir Sydney Turing Barlow Lawford, KCB (16 November 1865 – 15 February 1953) was a British Army officer, and the father of movie star Peter Lawford. He was born in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England.
He was, of course, the son of Lieutenant-General Sir Sydney Lawford (‘Swanky Syd’) (1865-1953), the only man to command 41 st Division during the Great War, and a fine soldier. Reading the book made me look again into the private life of Peter Lawford’s father. Above: Brigadier General Sydney Turing Barlow Lawford (IWM HU 118535)
Sydney Turing Barlow Lawford was born in Tunbridge Wells on 16th Nov 1865. He served in the Royal Fusiliers in the Boer War with the rank of captain and reached the rank of Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel. He was a Major-General in World War One, commanding the 22nd Brigade and then the 41st Division.
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