Arthur Douglas Lawrence

British recording engineer (born 1905 in Greenwich, Greater London: died 1996 in Berlin, Germany). Joined HMV Recording Staff as a youth at 17 (= ca. 1921/1922) Recorder (prefix BW/CW) from 1926 - 1930 and probably in other series afterwards. In 1930 resident in Vienna (to return to Hayes first) Replaced Beckett in Berlin in 1931 Recorded Kostis (=Bezos) in 1931 Athens. Was awarded the 'Star of Rumania' (when?). Left the company in 1935 (on leave from Milan) Residence in 1935: 148, Church Road, Bexley Heath, Kent, UK Appointed by BBC 1936 as Producers' Assistant, Variety. During the war years (1939-1945 he worked in the BBC Variety Department and produced the 'Glenn Miller Band' and 'Higang') He also put the new Ted Heath Band on air. Resigned 1966 as Assistant Head of Gramophone Programmes. Worked for the BBC and retired from BBC ca. 1966. Worked for Decca for a number of years (?), then moved from Surrey to Germany Lived in Berlin (Germany) from 1975 to his death in 1996. Obituary in BBC Staff magazine 'ARIEL' of 12 Nov 1996 by his son Vernon Lawrence