Grave of Lawrence Henry Victor Jarvis

Name: Lawrence Henry Victor Jarvis

Number: CH/X43488

Rank: Marine

Unit: Royal Marines HMS London

Date of Death: 21 April 1949

Location: Whitchurch Churchyard, Nr. Tavis

Country: United Kingdom

Notes: HMS 'London' was proceeding up the Yangtze to assist HMS 'Amethyst', which had been engaged and damaged by Chinese Communist batteries below Nanking, when she herself was engaged and damaged, incurring casualties. Inscription: HMS 'London' Yangtze River, 21 April, 1949, to the Glory of God and in memory of