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Lance Corporal ROBERT LAIRD

Service Number: 2700697
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Scots Guards

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 11 September 1943

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

SALERNO WAR CEMETERY

II. A. 13.

Italy

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Alexander and Mary Laird, of Eddlewood, Lanarkshire.
  • Personal Inscription HE WAS OURS AND WE WILL REMEMBER HIM: HE DIED THAT WE MIGHT LIVE. GOODBYE, SON
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Buried or commemorated at

SALERNO WAR CEMETERY
Italy
Number of casualties: 1855
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