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Second Lieutenant WILLIAM WEIR LAIRD

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Gordon Highlanders

5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 04 November 1916

Age 31 years old

Buried or commemorated at

MAILLY WOOD CEMETERY, MAILLY-MAILLET

I. A. 17.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Peter and Margaret Laird, of 10, Union St., Aberdeen.
  • Personal Inscription HEAVEN'S MORNING BREAKS AND EARTH'S VAIN SHADOWS FLEE
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Buried or commemorated at

MAILLY WOOD CEMETERY, MAILLY-MAILLET
Somme France
Number of casualties: 703
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