Service militaire
Lieu de l’enterrement/commemoration
Fils de John et J. Grace Irvine Laird, de Québec.
Galerie numérique de Lieutenant John Hewitt Laird
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Lieutenant John Hewitt Laird
Lt. John Hewitt Laird, 24 Battalion, Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)
Killed in action August 15, 1917, at 19 years of age.
Born in Quebec City and previously educated at Bishop¿s College School, Laird entered Appleby in September 1913 and stayed for one year. He played for the First Rugby (Football), Hockey and Cricket teams. Following a period of employment with the Bank of Montreal, he joined the army in 1916, and received a commission in the Eighth Royal Rifles. After training in England, he left for France in June 1917. George L. Thompson, a machine-gunner in his platoon, said in a letter to Laird's father, Perhaps you heard he was wounded in the cheek, and I advised him to return to the dressing station, but was of no avail, and I bandaged it as well as I could, and we went along together until he made the supreme sacrifice. Nearly all of Laird's men were killed or wounded in the attack on Hill 70. From the Appleby College Archives
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Lieutenant John Hewitt Laird
Lieutenant Laird, a student of Appleby College, was killed in "August 1917, after three consecutive months of fighting without letup, he was wounded in the cheek. He rejected any notion that he should leave the lines. The next bullet that hit him was fatal". From "The Appleby Story"
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Lt. John Hewitt Laird, 24 Battalion, Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment) Killed in action August 15, 1917, at 19 years of age. Born in Quebec City and previously educated at Bishop¿s College School, Laird entered Appleby in September 1913 and stayed for one year. He played for the First Rugby (Football), Hockey and Cricket teams. Following a period of employment with the Bank of Montreal, he joined the army in 1916, and received a commission in the Eighth Royal Rifles. After training in England, he left for France in June 1917. George L. Thompson, a machine-gunner in his platoon, said in a letter to Laird's father, Perhaps you heard he was wounded in the cheek, and I advised him to return to the dressing station, but was of no avail, and I bandaged it as well as I could, and we went along together until he made the supreme sacrifice. Nearly all of Laird's men were killed or wounded in the attack on Hill 70. From the Appleby College Archives
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Lieutenant Laird, a student of Appleby College, was killed in "August 1917, after three consecutive months of fighting without letup, he was wounded in the cheek. He rejected any notion that he should leave the lines. The next bullet that hit him was fatal". From "The Appleby Story"
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ANNEXE DU CIMETIÈRE COMMUNAL D'AIX-NOULETTE Pas de Calais, France
Aix-Noulette est un village du département du Pas-de-Calais situé à 13 kilomètres environ au sud de Béthune, sur la route principale qui mène à Arras. À partir d'Arras, prenez la route D937 vers Béthune. Une fois arrivé à l'église d'Aix-Noulette, tournez à droite. Le cimetière communal et l'annexe se trouvent à quelques centaines de mètres, du côté gauche de la route menant à Bully-Grenay.
Pour plus d’informations, visitez la Commission des sépultures de guerre du Commonwealth (site disponible en anglais seulement).
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