Age 27. 55 Plymouth Street, Quincy, MA. Born on 4/01/1915, in Quincy. Died of burns (death certificate). Steamfitter, C. N. Flagg & Co., Inc. (piping contractor), of Meriden, CT, employed under contract at Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard, Inc., Hingham, MA. Known as "Larry." In a mixed-gender foursome with his fiancée, Miss J. Louise Sullivan, age 27, and a second engaged couple, Robert "Bob" Widdop, age 31, and Miss Virginia "Ginnie" MacCurdy, age 27, all of Quincy, all dead. Party attended the Grove to celebrate their respective engagements. Was a lifelong Quincy resident. Was a graduate of Quincy High School in 1934 (yearbook first name spelling "Laurence" with a "u," possibly an error). Earned unfortunate posthumous news mention when a younger brother Joseph was killed in a May 1948 South Weymouth (Weymouth), MA, auto accident (Quincy Patriot Ledger, 5/17/1948: "Ironically, both died at the age of 27"). Recalled decades later by a descendant of Miss Sullivan (November 2014): "My aunt and godmother Jane Louise Sullivan...was with Lawrence T. Ford that night as they celebrated being engaged...As a 5-year-old child, I only remember he had a wire terrier named Bunkie" (www3.gendisasters.com). Moderate build (WWII draft registration, October '40: 5' 6," 160 lbs.). One of 24 victims from the south shore city of Quincy, the most dead from any single community after Boston proper (147 victims). Parents Mr. and Mrs. Joseph M. and Margaret H. (Hickey) Ford, same address. Burial at Mount Wollaston Cemetery, Quincy. One of 14 fire casualties interred at the above resting grounds, the sixth-greatest final destination for all Grove victims and third-most at any site outside Boston proper (after Fuller Street collective Jewish cemeteries, Everett, MA, 18 burials, and Holy Cross Cemetery, Malden, MA, 16 burials). Middle name Taylor.

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