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Lance Corporal JOHN LAING

Service Number: 19536
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Scots

16th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 01 July 1916

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LONDON CEMETERY AND EXTENSION, LONGUEVAL

Coll. grave 4.G.12-16.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Alexander and Elizabeth Stewart Laing, of 50, High St., Penicuik, Midlothian.
  • Personal Inscription UNTIL THE DAY DAWNS
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Buried or commemorated at

LONDON CEMETERY AND EXTENSION, LONGUEVAL
Somme France
Number of casualties: 4039
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