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Jeffery Cayley Laidlaw

In memory of:

Flying Officer Jeffery Cayley Laidlaw

January 31, 1944

Military Service

Service Number:

J/23523

Age:

25

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Division:

270 (R.A.F.) Sqdn

Additional Information

Son of Robert Alexander and Julia Isobel Laidlaw, of Toronto, Ontario.

Commemorated on Page 357 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

YABA CEMETERY
Nigeria

Grave Reference:

Plot 4. Row H. Grave 1.

Location:

Yaba is a suburb of Lagos. The cemetery known, locally as Aban cemetery, lies on the eastern outskirts beyond Moorehouse Road and the Medical Research Institute.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Photo of JEFFERY CAYLEY LAIDLAW– Entry from Torontonensis, University of Toronto's yearbook for 1940. Laidlaw was a graduate of Trinity College.

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    Photo of JEFFERY CAYLEY LAIDLAW
    Photo of JEFFERY CAYLEY LAIDLAW – Entry from Torontonensis, University of Toronto's yearbook for 1940. Laidlaw was a graduate of Trinity College.
  • Group Photo– Group photo showing Laidlaw with fellow members of his college's hockey team. Laidlaw is shown in back row, second from photo left.

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    Group Photo
    Group Photo – Group photo showing Laidlaw with fellow members of his college's hockey team. Laidlaw is shown in back row, second from photo left.
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Star February 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Star February 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Star February 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Star February 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Memorial– This stone stele is located in the chapel of Trinity College in the University of Toronto. “AS DYING AND BEHOLD WE LIVE”, “TO THE MEMORY OF THOSE MEMBERS OF THIS COLLEGE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE TWO GREAT WARS”. Photo: Mana Sadeghipour, courtesy of Alumni Relations, University of Toronto.

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    Memorial
    Memorial – This stone stele is located in the chapel of Trinity College in the University of Toronto. “AS DYING AND BEHOLD WE LIVE”, “TO THE MEMORY OF THOSE MEMBERS OF THIS COLLEGE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE TWO GREAT WARS”. Photo: Mana Sadeghipour, courtesy of Alumni Relations, University of Toronto.
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Telegram February 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping
    Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Telegram February 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper Clipping– Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper Clipping
    Newspaper Clipping – Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Yaba Cemetery

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    Yaba Cemetery
    Yaba Cemetery
  • Grave Marker– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

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    Grave Marker
    Grave Marker – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

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