Military service
Service number:
865800
Age:
27
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (New Brunswick Regiment)
Division:
44th Bn.
Birth:
February 16, 1890
Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Enlistment:
October 30, 1916
Brandon, Manitoba
Death:
October 28, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 26 - 28
Additional information
Husband of Jean Lindsay Laing of Brandon, Manitoba.
Digital gallery of Private James Mclennan Laing
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Family photo
Photo taken just prior to shipping out to France. Present with Pte. Laing are his wife, Jean, son, George and daughter, Jessie. -
Memorial
Inscription on the Menin Gate … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
This 17 year-old, Canadian girl is honouring James McLennan Laing with a presentation about him at Menin Gate during a Vimy Pilgrimage in April 2018 that she went on with youth from across Canada. This was made possible through the Vimy Foundation and it’s many sponsors. It was a life changing experience for these young people.
Digital gallery of
Private James Mclennan Laing
Digital gallery of
Private James Mclennan Laing
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 270 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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Service record(s)
Digitized personnel record available through Library and Archives Canada.
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