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Glen Nelson Laird

In memory of:

Major Glen Nelson Laird

September 26, 1973

Military Service


Service Number:

T66 893 170

Age:

38

Force:

Army

Unit:

Infantry Branch

Citation(s):

Special Service Medal (SSM) with NATO Bar, Canadian Forces Decoration and First Clasp, United Nations Forces in Cyprus

Additional Information


Born:

August 12, 1935
Winnipeg, Manitoba

Enlistment:

October 12, 1954
Quebec City, Quebec

Son of Glennie and Annie Beatrice (nee Firth) of Calgary, Alberta. Husband of Ruth Marion Laird (nee Pike) and father of Scott, Heather-Ann and Bonnie of Victoria, British Columbia.

Commemorated on Page 158 of the In the Service of Canada (1947 - 2014) Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

VICTORIA (ROYAL OAK) BURIAL PARK
British Columbia, Canada

Grave Reference:

N/A

Digital Collection

Send us your images

  • Photo of Glen N Laird– Portrait of my Father, Maj Glen N Laird, CD, taken while serving with his regiment (2 RHC) on United Nations peacekeeping duty in Cyprus (UNFICYP) Oct 1969 to Mar 1970.
  • Grave marker– My father's military flat marker. Royal Oak Burial Park, Victoria, BC (August 2019)

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