David Myles Laidlaw
| Rank | Private | |
| Medals | British War Medal, Victory Medal | |
| Regiment | Black Watch, 6th (Perthshire) Battalion, 'D' Company | |
| Military Service | Nothing is known about Laidlaw’s military service but he seems to have started in the 8th Battalion Black Watch according to the regimental medal rolls. By the time of his death he was in the 6th Battalion, 153rd Brigade, 51st (Highland) Division. On 31st July/1st August 1917 6th Black Watch took part in the first day of Third Ypres (Passchendaele). | |
| Born | C1879, Glasgow | |
| Death | 31st July 1917 | |
| Circumstances of Death | Killed in action. | |
| Age | 38 | |
| Burial | No Man's Cot Cemetery, A. 17 His gravestone says: | |
| CWGC Information | Son of William P. and Jane Myles Laidlaw, of Glasgow; husband of Hilda M. H. Laidlaw (nee Gardener), of London | |
| Parents | William P Laidlaw (c1845-1946) & Jane Myles (c1842-1915) | |
| Father's Occupation | Stationer | |
| Siblings | Walter (c1869-), Isabella G (1870-1872), Margaret C (c1875-) | |
| Spouse | Hilda M H Gardener married 12th September 1911 Kensington, London | |
| Education | Not known | |
| Occupation | Banker’s engineer [marriage cert.] | |
| 1881 Census | 105 Douglas Street, Glasgow | |
| 1891 Census | Battery Place, Rothesay, Bute | |
| 1901 Census | 12 Bruce Road, Kinning Park, Glasgow | |
| 1911 Census | 55 Dalziel Drive, Glasgow [not at home on census night] | |
| Home Address | 1917 – 70 Morstead Mansions, Maida Vale, Middlesex | |
| Glasgow Necropolis | Compartment Theta Lair not known | |
| Other Memorials | Pollokshields Church Book of Remembrance
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| Other Information | Laidlaw died testate and left personal estate of £1063 14/2 | |
| Acknowledgements and Sources | Much of the information on which this profile is based is drawn from various internet sources which are listed below. The Friends of Glasgow Necropolis also wish to make full acknowledgement and thanks for the permitted use of any information or images generously supplied specifically for exhibition, publication or display in connection with The Roll of Honour and accompanying profiles to Ancestry, and Find my past. Commonwealth War Graves Commission The Scottish War Memorials Project 6th Battalion Black Watch, War Diary May 1915 – February 1919. (TNA WO 95/2876/1-4) | |
Gallery
David Myles Laidlaw Monument - Theta
Credits
Compiled by Morag Fyfe, Historical and Genealogical Researcher for The Friends of Glasgow Necropolis.
