Private Alexander Rollo Laing
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Name:
Laing,
Alexander Rollo
Date of birth: 1893-01-17
Place of birth: Cowdenbeath Fife Scotland
Next of kin: James Laing, father. 90 High Street, Cowdenbeath, Scotland
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): Bank Clerk
Religion: Presbyterian
Date of death:
1918-04-09
Cause of death:
Killed in action
Buried:
Ecoivres Military Cemetery, VI. L. 7.
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: 628564
Highest Rank:
Private
Rank detail
- Private, 47th Battalion, Infantry (Army).
- Private (Army).
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: St. Nicholas
Commemoration location: Page 444 of First World War Book of Remembrance
RESEARCH INFORMATION
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CWGC ID: 65590
LAC ID:
512822
Service file: B5312-S025
Uploader's Notes:
Son of James Laing and Mary Laing (nee Rolls) of Cowdenbeath, Scotland
Prior military service of 3 months with 72nd Regiment, Seaforth Highlanders of Canada; and, with 104th Regiment, Westminster Fusiliers.
Uploader's Research notes: 47th Battalion Nominal Roll [Private Army Canadian Infantry 47th Battalion Private Army Canadian Machine Gun Corps 1st Canadian Machine Gun Company ]
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2022-03-11