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VC655 Daniel Logan Laidlaw
BORN 26 July 1875
DIED 2 June 1950 AGE 74
VC Won 25 September 1915 AGE 40
Place VC Won Puits, Loos, France
War/Campaign First World War 1915
Name Daniel Logan Laidlaw No. 15851
VC Issue No. 655 Awards VC
Regiment King's Own Scottish Borderer's, 7th Battalion
Later
Now 1st Battalion Royal Regiment of Scotland
Rank VC Won Piper
Rank End Of Career Sergeant - Piper
Place Of Birth Little Swinton, near Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland, England
Place Of Death Shoresedean, near Norham, Borders, Scotland
Buried/Location Ashes St Cuthberts Churchyard, Norham, Borders, Scotland
Cremated
Date Buried/Cremated 4 June 1950
Headstone Headstone Plot/Grave no.
Gazetted 18 November 1915
VC Presented 3 February 1916 by King George V at Buckingham Palace, London, England
Memorials
P Headstone, St Cuthberts Churchyard, Norham, Borders, Scotland
P Memorial plaque at St Cuthberts Churchyard, Norham, (incorrect dates of birth and death), Borders, Scotland
Victoria Cross Commemorative Paving Stone, War Memorial, Swinton, Northumberland
By The Way…
A new headstone was erected on the 2 June 2001
VC Held By
National Museums of Scotland, Edinburgh Castle, Midlothian, Scotland
