Allan Lawrie

Allan Lawrie
Personal information
Place of birth Scotland
Date of death 10 May 1915 (aged 29)[1]
Place of death Flanders, Belgium
Playing position Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1906–1908 Aberdeen 1 (0)
→ Harp

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.


Allan Lawrie was a Scottish professional football forward who played in the Scottish League for Aberdeen.[2]

Personal life

Soon after the outbreak of the First World War in August 1914, Lawrie enlisted as a private in the Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders.[3] He was serving in 'D' Company, 2nd Battalion when he was killed in Flanders on 10 May 1915.[1] He is commemorated on the Menin Gate.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1618442/LAWRIE,%20ALLAN
  2. ↑ "Aberdeen Football Club Heritage Trust - Player Profile". backoffice.afc.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-09-14.
  3. 1 2 http://www.edinburghs-war.ed.ac.uk/sites/default/files/pdf_Season_1914-1915_(Fell).pdf
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