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Military service
Service number:
410523
Age:
22
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regiment)
Division:
38th Bn.
Birth:
January 16, 1894
Kirkwall, Orkney, Scotland
Enlistment:
March 10, 1915
Barriefield, Ontario
Death:
October 27, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of Martha Taylor Laird, of Edinburgh, Scotland, and the late William Logie Laird.
Digital gallery of Private George Miller Laird
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Newspaper clipping
Photo shown in local newspaper, The Orcadian, in late 1916 following George's death. -
Photo of George Miller Laird
Follow up to send of newspaper photo. Attached is the original photo of George provided by his relatives, notably his great niece Mrs Ida Wylie (who visited Vimy Ridge Memorial with her husband, Balfour, last year). -
Inscription
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial. Over 11,000 fallen Canadians having no known place of burial in France, are honoured on this Memorial. May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Vimy Memorial
Canada's Vimy Memorial, located approximately 8 kilometres to the north-east of Arras, France. May the sacrifice of so many never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Cenotaph
Inscription of the name of George Miller Laird on the War Memorial at St. Magnus Cathedral in Kirkwall, Orkney Islands, Scotland. Image taken 7 July 2017 by Tom Tulloch. -
Memorial
The War Memorial at St. Magnus Cathedral in Kirkwall, Orkney Islands, Scotland. Image taken 7 July 2017 by Tom Tulloch. -
Memorial
Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
Memorial
Inscription - Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
Memorial
Mourning Mother - Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
Digital gallery of
Private George Miller Laird
Digital gallery of
Private George Miller Laird
Digital gallery of
Private George Miller Laird
Digital gallery of
Private George Miller Laird
Digital gallery of
Private George Miller Laird
Digital gallery of
Private George Miller Laird
Digital gallery of
Private George Miller Laird
Digital gallery of
Private George Miller Laird
Digital gallery of
Private George Miller Laird
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 115 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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