In Memory Of
LAIDLAW, JAMES CUNNINGHAM
Service Details
Age:
41
Date of Birth:
1900-11-11
Service No:
73235
Rank:
Private
Unit:
1st Bn.
Unit 2:
"B" Coy.
Regiment:
Natal Mounted Rifles, S.A. Forces
Date of Death:
1942-06-14
Cause of Death:
Killed in action, by enemy shelling on the "B" Coy positions near Tobruk
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
Column 121.
Cemetery:
ALAMEIN MEMORIAL
Country:
Egypt
Additional Information
Son of William and Isobella Laidlaw, of "Morebattle", Kelso, Scotland. Brother of Mrs. J. C. Purvis, of Strand Street, Cape Town. Born in Kelso, Scotland. A bricklayer by profession.
