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Private SAMUEL MCVEIGH LAIRD

Service Number: 4/8789
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 08 February 1917

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

PERONNE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

V. N. 9.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Thomas and Sarah Laird, of 366, Caledonia Rd., Oatlands, Glasgow.
  • Personal Inscription HE DIED AS HE LIVED UNAFRAID
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Buried or commemorated at

PERONNE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Somme France
Number of casualties: 1697
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