Great War Dundee
This is Dundee's story of those that served in the First World War, and of the people left at home
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David Pringle Laing
Military Information
- Date of enlistment:
- Place of enlistment: Dundee
- Service no: 25099
- Rank: Private
- Service Occupation:
- Awards:
- Regiment/Service: Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
- Unit/Ship: 9th Battalion
- Place of Death: Belgium
- Age at Death:
- Date of Death: 20.09.1917
- Burial Country: Belgium
- Cemetery: Nine Elms Cemetery
- Grave/Mem Ref no: I.B.7.
Personal Information
- Date of Birth:
- Place of Birth: Dundee
- Address: 25 Edward Street, Dundee
- Occupation:
- Mother:
- Father:
- Siblings:
Annie, Kate, Joan & William
- Spouse:
Mary Ann Laing, 25 Edward St, Dundee
- Children:
Catherine, born 26.11.1912, David, born 28.03.1915 & Henry, born 26.01.1917
More about David Pringle Laing
David P. Laing 25099 Scottish Rifles
LAING―Died of wounds, at a Casualty Clearing Station, on 20th September 1917, Private David P. Laing, No. 25099, Scottish Rifles, beloved husband of Mary Trueland, 25 Edward Street, Dundee. – Inserted by his sorrowing wife and three children.
LAING―Died of wounds, at a Casualty Clearing Station, on 20th September 1917, Private David P. Laing, No. 25099, Scottish Rifles, beloved and eldest son of Mr and Mrs Laing, 18 Kinnaird Street, Dundee. – Inserted by his sorrowing parents and three sisters, Annie, Kate and Joan, also his brother, William, in England.
Dundee People’s Journal 6th October 1917
Additional information and image kindly supplied by Michael Caldwell
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