Son of the late John Laird and Martha Barr Laird, 15 Tinto Road, Newlands, Glasgow. Native of Kilmalcolm. 

Previously of Meadowside, Kilmacolm. 

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Royal Air Force 15th Squadron, Killed in Action.

ATTD. 15TH SQUADRON R.F.C., YST. S. OF JOHN LAIRD, OF 2 BALMORAL PLACE, CROSSHILL, GLASGOW, WHOLESALE STATIONER, BY HIS WIFE, MARTHA, DAU. OF THE LATE JOHN BARR, OF KILMACOLM AND LARGS; B. KILMACOLM, CO. RENFREW, 27 MAY, 1894; EDUC.GLASGOW HIGH SCHOOL, AND ON LEAVING THERE ENTERED THE EMPLOYMENT OF MESSRS. JOHN LAIRD & SON LTD.,WHOLESALESTATIONERS, GLASGOW; JOINED THE GLASGOW HIGHLANDERS AS A PRIVATE IN SEPT.1914, AFTER THE OUTBREAK OF WAR; SERVED WITH THE EXPEDITIONARY FORCE IN FRANCE AND FLANDERS FROM 22 JAN. 1915; REMAINED IN ENGLAND UNTIL 22 JAN.1916, WHEN HE RETURNED TO FRANCE WITH THE BLACK WATCH; WAS ATTACHED TO THE R.F.C AS OBSERVER IN AUG., AND WAS KILLED IN ACTION ON THE SOMME 22 NOV. FOLLOWING, WHILE OUT PREPARING FOR ARTILLERY OBSERVATION. 
BURIED IN THE BRITISH CEMETERY AT VARENNES. 
MAJOR BROCK, R.F.C., WROTE: "YOUR SON HAD DONE VERY WELL SINCE JOINING THE SQUADRON, AND HAD SHOWN A KEEN INTEREST IN HIS WORK. I AM MORE THAN SORRY TO LOSE HIM, AS HE WAS TURNING OUT TO BE A MOST USEFUL OBSERVER, "AND CAPT. HUDSON, R.F.C.: "YOUR SON'S DEATH IS A GREAT LOSS TO THE SQUADRON. HE WAS A VERY KEEN AND THOROUGHLY RELIABLE OBSERVER; QUICK TO SEE THINGS AND PAINSTAKING IN VERIFYING HIS OBSERVATIONS. HE WAS UP WITH ME ON MANY OCCASIONS, AND I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN MOST PLEASED WITH HIS WORK. EVEN WHEN QUITE NEW TO THE CONDITIONS HE NEVER LOST HIS HEAD IN DIFFICULTIES, AND NOTABLY KEPT COOL AND DID EXCELLENT WORK WHEN WE HAD SCRAPS WITH ENEMY MACHINES." 
 

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Andrew Clark Laird