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Military service
Age:
25
Rank:
Lieutenant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
South Saskatchewan Regiment, R.C.I.C.
Birth:
May 8, 1919
Pilot Mound, Manitoba
Enlistment:
September 23, 1939
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Death:
October 23, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
5. C. 4.
Additional information
Son of Lewis Claremont Laird and Maude Laird. Husband of Doris Patricia Laird, of Toronto, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Lieutenant Wilson James Laird
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War Diary
Excerpt from S Sask R War Diary for 18/19 Oct 1944 detailing a fighting patrol led by Wilson Laird -
Memorabilia
Insignia -
Photo of WILSON JAMES LAIRD
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Grave Marker
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Wartime diary
S Sask R War Diary having Wilson LAIRD joining the Regiment (front page) -
Other
Invitation to the Presentation of Colours to the South Saskatchewan Regiment -
Wartime diary
S Sask R War Diary reference to Wilson LAIRD being KIA. -
Map
Map containing locations of events involving Lt Laird -
Letter
Condolence letter from The Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba to the Laird Family -
Wartime diary
S Sask R War Diary having Wilson LAIRD joining the Regiment (rear page) -
Telegram
National Defence Telegram notifying the parents of the death of their son -
Memorial Cross
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Newspaper clipping
Obituary clipping announcing the death of Wilson James Laird -
Photo of WILSON JAMES LAIRD
Sgt Wilson James Laird, South Saskatchewan Regiment -
Wedding Photo
Wedding Photo Wilson James Laird and Doris Patricia Halls 6th Sep 1944 in Blackpool, Lancashire UK. -
Burial Report (Reverse)
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Burial Report
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Document
Canadian Army Overseas Casualty Notification Lieutenant Wilson James Laird -
Group Photo
Sergeant Wilson James Laird on the extreme right of the photo during HRH King George VI 's inspection of the South Saskatchewan Regiment in England 1941 -
Photo of Wilson James Laird
Undated portrait of Wilson James Laird -
Document
Lieutenant Wilson James Laird Awards -
Paying Respects
Bergen-Op-Zoom Canadian War Cemetery 28 Oct 2018
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Wilson James Laird
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Wilson James Laird
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Wilson James Laird
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Wilson James Laird
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Wilson James Laird
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Wilson James Laird
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Wilson James Laird
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Wilson James Laird
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Wilson James Laird
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 357 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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