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Military service
Service number:
799541
Age:
39
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
15th Bn.
Birth:
January 4, 1878
Leven, Fifeshire, Scotland
Enlistment:
January 22, 1916
Toronto, Ontario
Death:
April 9, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
I. E. 27.
Additional information
Son of Alexander and Jessie Baird, of Leven, Fifeshire, Scotland; husband of Agnes Baird, Toronto, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Private Andrew Baird
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Inscription
Inscription: "A Beautiful Memory Left Behind" (John & Anne Stephens 2013) -
Grave marker
Grave Marker – The grave marker at the Nine Elms Cemetery located outside Roclincourt, France. It is located about 5 kilometres from Canada's Vimy Memorial. May he rest in peace. (John & Anne Stephens 2013) -
Nine Elms Military Cemtery
The Nine Elms Cemetery, located at Roclincourt, France. It is about 5 kilometres from Canada's Vimy Memorial in France. (John & Anne Stephens 2013) -
Newspaper Clipping
Pte. Andrew Baird originally enlisted with 134th Battalion (48th Highlanders) on January 22nd, 1916 in Toronto. -
Circumstances of Death Registers
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Babb to Barjarow. Microform Sequence 5; Volume Number 31829_B016715. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 149. Page 333 of 1072. -
Grave Marker
Photo BGen G. Young 15th Battalion Memorial Project Team DILEAS GU BRATH. -
Cap Badge of 134th
Cap Badge 134th Bn (48th Highlanders of Canada). Private Baird was originally a member of the 134th Bn before transfer to the 15th Bn as a reinforcement. Submitted by Capt V Goldman, 15th Bn Memorial Project. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Cap Badge of the 15th
Cap Badge 15th Bn (48th Highlanders of Canada). Submitted by Capt V Goldman, 15th Bn Memorial Project. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Shoulder patch
Shoulder Patch 15th Bn (48th Highlanders of Canada). Submitted by Capt V Goldman, 15th Bn Memorial Project. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Record of Service
Record of Service Card (front side). Submitted by 15th Bn Memorial Project. -
Record of Service
Record of Service Card (reverse side). Submitted by 15th Bn Memorial Project. -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram May 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram May 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram May 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private Andrew Baird
Digital gallery of
Private Andrew Baird
Digital gallery of
Private Andrew Baird
Digital gallery of
Private Andrew Baird
Digital gallery of
Private Andrew Baird
Digital gallery of
Private Andrew Baird
Digital gallery of
Private Andrew Baird
Digital gallery of
Private Andrew Baird
Digital gallery of
Private Andrew Baird
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 194 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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