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Regimental Sergeant Major Laurence Brown is a retired military man who is the grandfather of Larry, Lenny and Lisa Brown, who hasn't seen them in some time because of their mother.

During his time in the military, he served in Aden (now Yemen), and in Northern Ireland, and in the Mau Mau rebellion in Kenya. He has multiple medals from this time.

Audrey McFall sends a message to Laurence after Lisa attempts to scam her out of money by catfishing her as 'Moira'. In Series 9 Episode 5, Laurence unexpectedly turns up at Waterloo Road to speak to Audrey. Despite Christine stating that they need to run it past social services before he can see Lenny and Lisa due to them being estranged, Audrey retrieves the twins from class to see him anyway. Lenny greets him politely, but when Lisa asks why he is there, he snaps about her being a troublemaker.

Laurence goes home and then comes back into school wearing full military service dress uniform and medals. He walks into Audrey's history class in the lecture theatre, and ends up regaling the class with army stories, though African pupil Lula takes umbrage when he talks about Kenya. The class ends when Laurence suffers a sudden pain in his chest during an argument with Lisa, though he says it is just angina and later recovers after taking his pills.

Lenny asks to live with Laurence, to which Laurence says he would like that, and that he has lots of room. Christine then suggests that Lenny take Laurence for some lunch, and Laurence leaves his bag, with his medals, on the chairs outside Christine's office, and when he returns he discovers that the bag has been stolen. It is revealed to have been Lisa who stole the bag, and she attempts to pawn the medals. After Audrey brings Lisa back to school from the pawn shop and she has calmed down, Lenny and Lisa explain to Laurence that he is too old and ill for them to live with them, but that it would be nice to have a granddad. He says they can visit any time they like.

Laurence then leaves and is not seen again. He is however later mentioned in Series 10 Episode 5, when Lenny reveals that Laurence has been paying Christine to privately tutor him.

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