Foster Charles Lowry Lamb (1916-2017)

Soldier

Service No:	130071
Rank:	Captain
Squadron:	A
Role:	2/ic, A Sqr/Tank Commander
Wounded:	8 Aug 1944 (remained at duty)
Mentioned in:	Casualty List Record Press Gloucester Echo, 7 Dec 1942 Yorkshire Post, 14 Jan 1955

Civilian

Occupation:	2nd Baron Rochester, Deputy Lieutenant, Cheshire, 1979
Residence:	33 Woodville Road, Croydon, Surrey (1939), 337 Chester Road, Hartford, Northwich, Cheshire (12003), Tabley House, Tabley Lane, Knutsford, Cheshire
Birth:	7 Jun 1916 registered in Reigate, Surrey
Death:	6 Feb 2017 (aged 100) at Tabley House Nursing Home, Knutsford
Marriage:	to Mary Carlisle Wheeler OBE 12 Dec 1942 at the Crypt Chapel, House of Commons, Westminster.
Children:	2 sons, 2 daughters
Images:	[Photo]

Parents

Ernest Henry Lamb	Rosa Dorothea Hurst
1st Baron Rochester, Liberal MP for Rochester (1906-1918), Paymaster General (1931-1935). Birth 4 Sep 1876 registered in Skirlaugh, East Yorkshire. Death 13 Jan 1955 in Croydon, Surrey.	Death 1979.
Marriage 31 December 1913

Notes

"My tank was destroyed and the driver was killed," he said. "A gunman in the same tank lost his leg. I escaped with only superficial burns to my face and hands. To be in charge, that was a lot of responsibility at such a young age."

Knutsford Guardian, 14 Jun 2016

Notes

Lord Rochester is on the list of those who attended the 23H reunion in 1959.