G. C. Lasham
Service no. 7912
Gunner, Royal Garrison Artillery, 9th Siege Bty.
Born in Brixton; enlisted at Shepherd’s Bush; lived in Lambeth, Surrey
Killed in action at age 28 on 26 August 1916
CWGC: “Son of John and Eliza Lasham of London; husband of Louisa Alice Lasham, of 7 Elwell Rd., Clapham, London.”
Remembered at Peronne Road Cemetery, Maricourt, France
Information from the censuses
In 1911 postman George Lasham, 22, lived at 137 Hartington Road, Stockwell, where his family occupied 6 rooms. His father, John Lasham, 51, was an engineer’s pattern maker, born in Lambeth. His mother, Eliza Lasham, 47, was from Lathbury, Buckinghamshire. There were 8 children in 1911 (one child had died), 6 of whom lived at home:
Louise Lasham, 26, a dressmaker, born in Kent
George Lasham, 22, a postman, born in London
Lily Lasham, 18, a needlewoman, born in London
James Lasham, 16, an apprentice engineer, born in London
Ernest Lasham, 10
Frederick Lasham, 5
In 1901 the Lasham family lived at 19 Courland Grove. This census states that John Lasham was deaf. The census includes
Charlotte Lasham, 14, born in Clapham
