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William Fraser Laing

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William's Pension Record image courtesy of WFA

Military Information

  • Date of enlistment:
  • Place of enlistment:
  • Service no: 47441
  • Rank: Corporal
  • Service Occupation:
  • Awards:
  • Regiment/Service: Royal Field Artillery
  • Unit/Ship: 275th Brigade, 'A' Battery
  • Place of Death: No2 General Hospital, Le Harve, France
  • Age at Death: 25
  • Date of Death: 03.04.1919
  • Burial Country: France
  • Cemetery: Ste. Marie Cemetery, Le Harve
  • Grave/Mem Ref no: Div.64.VII.E.1.

Personal Information

  • Date of Birth: 1893
  • Place of Birth: 8 St Roques Lane, Dundee
  • Address: 145 Seagate, Dundee
  • Occupation:
  • Mother:

    Margaret Hadden Laing 145 Seagate, Dundee

  • Father:

    William Laing, 145 Seagate, Dundee

  • Siblings:

    Jemima

  • Spouse:
  • Children:

More about William Fraser Laing

For reasons unknown this man is not listed on the original Dundee Roll of Honour.

William F. Laing   47441   Royal Field Artillery

LAING___At No. 2 General Hospital, Le Havre, on April 3d, suddenly, of pneumonia, Sergeant William F. Laing, aged 25 years, only beloved son of Mr and Mrs William Laing, 145 Seagate.

Dundee Evening Telegraph 11th April 1919

Information supplied by Gary Thomson, additional information kindly supplied by Irene Phillips and Michael Caldwell

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