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Lieutenant Colonel JOHN LAIRD

Service Number: 78799
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Artillery

Date of Death

Died 01 May 1945

Age 43 years old

Buried or commemorated at

RAMLEH WAR CEMETERY

7. A. 4.

Israel and Palestine (including Gaza)

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Twice Mentioned in Despatches
  • Additional Info Son of James and Ethel Maud Laird; husband of Effie Doris Laird, of Edinburgh. M.A., LLB., C.A.
  • Personal Inscription TILL THE DAY DAWN
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Buried or commemorated at

RAMLEH WAR CEMETERY
Israel and Palestine (including Gaza)
Number of casualties: 5887
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