Lawford Hall Of Fame
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Christopher Kennedy Lawford (1955- ) - Actor/Author. |
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Craig Lawford - Football Player. |
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Dean Lawford - Rugby League Player. |
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Captain E. H. "Bill" Lawford, A.F.C. - Pilot. |
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Herbert F. Lawford - Tennis Player. |
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Lieutenant Colonel James Philip Lawford - Author. |
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Admiral Sir John Lawford KCB (1757-1842) |
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Peter Sydney Lawford (1923-1984) - Actor. |
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Christopher Kennedy Lawford (1955- ) - Actor/Author. Son of Peter Lawford (1923-1984) and Patricia Kennedy (1924-2006) Career details see Wikipedia entry Craig Lawford - Football Player. Played for:
Played for: Captain E. H. "Bill" Lawford, A.F.C. - Pilot.
He enlisted in October 1914 and served in France with the B.E.F., where he was nicknamed "Bill", returning to England in 1915 for flying training with the RFC and was injured in a crash in October 1915. After recovering and passing out as First Class Flyer No. 43 he was posted to France flying on Artillery Observation and Bombing operations from June 1916 to January 1917, and was "mentioned in dispatches" He received a Commission in 1917 and was posted to the Test Flight at Farnborough. Following the Armistice in November 1918 he was posted to No.2 Communications Squadron flying mails and VIP's between London and Paris for the Peace Conference, and was awarded the Air Force Cross. After demobilisation he obtained U.K. 'B' Licence and joined Aircraft Transport and Travel Ltd. as a pilot and on 25th August 1919 flew the first flight of the First Regular Sustained International Airline Service in the in World from Hounslow Heath to LeBourget, Paris in a single engined Airco 4A, carrying one passenger and freight. Following the demise of A.T.&T. Ltd. in 1921 he ceased flying, and in 1923 was appointed as an Air Ministry Aerodrome Control Officer at Croydon, the then Airport of London, where he remained until 1936 and was involved in pioneering the early Air Traffic Control procedures and "Q Code" and in 1936 was appointed Commandant of Lympne Airport. Kent. On 1st Sept 1939 he was sent to Jersey, C.I. on secret War duties until evacuated back to England just before Jersey was occupied in June 1940 and posted to Gatwick as Air Ministry Officer. Following wartime service at Barton Airport, Mancherter and Whitchurch, Bristol, he retired in 1945 to Jersey, C.I., returning to live at Northwood Hills, Middx. following the death of his sister Helen in 1950, and to Bexhill-on Sea in 1951.
1880 Runner Up against Rev John T. Hartley 6:0, 6:2, 2:6, 6:3. Wimbledon - Gentlemen's Doubles Championship. 1879 Winner with L. R. Erskine against F. Durant and G. E. Tabor.
Lieutenant Colonel James Philip Lawford - Author. Books: Admiral Sir John Lawford KCB (1757-1842) He saw qualifying service aboard HM Transport Hayling for two years. As a Captain he saw action under Nelson at the attack on Copenhagen in 1801, when he commanded the Polyphemus. Earlier he had commanded the Romney in the expedition to the Helder in 1799. On March 8th 1794, his frigate Convert was wrecked on the Grand Caymans, West Indies the Captain and his crew were saved. His Family Tree His Will Peter Sydney Lawford (1923-1984) - Actor. Son of Lt-General Sir Sydney Turing Barlow Lawford (1865-1953) and Lady May nee Somerville Career details see Wikipedia entry |
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Educated at Aldenham School, Herts. from 1897 to 1900
and then entered the family business of Lawford and Sons. He joined the
Territorial Army and became interested in the new science of aviation,
and experimented in aviation and worked with pioneer aircraft at Hendon
during 1909 and 1911. During 1912 and 1913, gaining his Royal Aero Club
Aviators Certificate No.442 on 13 March 1913 at Hendon. 
Wimbledon
- Gentlemen's Singles Championship.