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Military service
Age:
47
Rank:
Lieutenant Colonel
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Irish Rifles
Enlistment:
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Death:
March 12, 1915
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
VI. L. 15.
Additional information
Son of Lt. Gen. Laurie and Mrs. Laurie, of Halifax, Nova Scotia; husband of Florence C. V. Vere-Laurie, of Carlton Hall, Newark, Notts.
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Ex-cadets are named on the Memorial Arch at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario and in memorial stained glass windows to fallen comrades. 160 Lt Col George Brenton Laurie (RMC 1884) was the son of Lt. Gen. Laurie and Mrs. Laurie, of Halifax, Nova Scotia. He was the husband of Florence C. V. Vere-Laurie, of Carlton Hall, Newark, Notts. He served with the Royal Irish Rifles. He died on Mar 12, 1915. He was buried in the Pont-Du-Hem Military Cemetery in Nord, France. -
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Ex-cadets are named on the Memorial Arch at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario and in memorial stained glass windows to fallen comrades. 160 Lt Col George Brenton Laurie (RMC 1884) was the son of Lt. Gen. Laurie and Mrs. Laurie, of Halifax, Nova Scotia. He was the husband of Florence C. V. Vere-Laurie, of Carlton Hall, Newark, Notts. He served with the Royal Irish Rifles. He died 12 Mar 1915. He was buried in the Pont du Hem Military Cemetery in Nord, France. -
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160 Lt Col George Brenton Laurie (RMC 1884) was the son of Lt. Gen. Laurie and Mrs. Laurie, of Halifax, Nova Scotia. He was the husband of Florence C. V. Vere-Laurie, of Carlton Hall, Newark, Notts. He served with the Royal Irish Rifles. He died 12 Mar 1915. He was buried in the Pont du Hem Military Cemetery in Nord, France. -
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160 Lt Col George Brenton Laurie (RMC 1884) was the son of Lt. Gen. Laurie and Mrs. Laurie, of Halifax, Nova Scotia. He was the husband of Florence C. V. Vere-Laurie, of Carlton Hall, Newark, Notts. He served with the Royal Irish Rifles. He died 12 Mar 1915. He was buried in the Pont du Hem Military Cemetery in Nord, France. -
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Lieutenant Colonel George Brenton Laurie
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Lieutenant Colonel George Brenton Laurie
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Lieutenant Colonel George Brenton Laurie
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Lieutenant Colonel George Brenton Laurie
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Lieutenant Colonel George Brenton Laurie
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Colonel George Brenton Laurie
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Colonel George Brenton Laurie
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Lieutenant Colonel George Brenton Laurie
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Lieutenant Colonel George Brenton Laurie
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 567 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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