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John Laurie

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John's Pension Record image courtesy of WFA

Military Information

  • Date of enlistment:
  • Place of enlistment: Dundee
  • Service no: 8191
  • Rank: Private
  • Service Occupation:
  • Awards:
  • Regiment/Service: Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders
  • Unit/Ship: 2nd Battalion
  • Place of Death: Belgium
  • Age at Death:
  • Date of Death: 21.10.1914
  • Burial Country: Belgium
  • Cemetery: Ploegsteert Memorial
  • Grave/Mem Ref no: Panel 9 & 10

Personal Information

  • Date of Birth:
  • Place of Birth: Kirkaldy
  • Address: 48 Taylors Lane, Dundee
  • Occupation:
  • Mother:

    Jane Laurie, 48 Taylors Lane, Dundee

  • Father:
  • Siblings:
  • Spouse:
  • Children:

More about John Laurie

John has no known grave but is remembered on the Ploegsteert Memorial.

John Laurie   8191 Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

LAURIE___Private John, 8191, 2d Reserves Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, missing since 21st October, 1914.  His mother seeks information.  Mrs Laurie, 48 Taylor’s Lane, Dundee.

Dundee Courier 18th June 1915

Additional information kindly supplied by Michael Caldwell

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