In Memory Of The Laird Township Residents
Killed In Action In World Wars I & II
Sergeant William Brown
119th Btn. Canadian Expeditionary Force
Died October 1, 1918, Cambrai, France
Details: Private William Browne, #754051, 119th Battalion; Born April 2, 1892, Stayner, Ontario;
Died October 1, 1918, Arras-Cambrai Road, near Cambrai, France;
Buried Canada Cemetery, Tilloy, France; Mother: Catherine Browne
Sergeant George Gibb
119th Btn. Canadian Expeditionary Force
Died September 29, 1918 at Cambrai, France
Details: Private George Gibb, #754325, 119th Battalion; Born April 1, 1895, Montrose, Scotland;
Died September 29, 1918, Cambrai, France;
Buried Anneux British Cemetery, near Cambrai, France; Mother: Mary Gibb
Clarence H. Gibson
119th Btn. Canadian Expeditionary Force
Died April 4, 1917 at Vimy Ridge
Details: Private Clarence H. Gibson, #754318, 119th Battalion; Born October 14, 1895, Laird Township, Ontario;
Died April 4, 1917 near Souchez, France;
Buried Villers Station Military Cemetery, near Villers Au Bois, France; Parents: Henry and Mary Jane Gibson
Private J. Harvey Lidstone
227th Btn. Canadian Expeditionary Force
Died October 30, 1917 at Passchendaele, Belgium
Details: Private Harvey John Harold Lidstone, #1003203; 227th Battalion; Born October 12, 1898, Laird Township, Ontario;
Died October 30, 1917 near Passchendaele, Belgium;
Buried Tyne Cot British Cemetery, near Ypres, Belgium; Parents: John and Elizabeth Lidstone
Private Oliver Garfield Swire
44th Btn. Canadian Expeditionary Force
Died September 28, 1918 at Cambrai, France
Details: Private Oliver Garfield Swire, #829340, 44th Battalion; Born February 12, 1894, Uxbridge, York County, Ontario;
Died September 28, 1918 near Cambrai, France;
Buried Quarry Wood British Cemetery, near Cambrai, France; Parents: James G. and Minnie Swire
Sergeant Beverley Taylor
Royal Canadian Air Force
Died October 19, 1944 over Holland
Details: Air Gunner Beverly Thomas Taylor, R.C.A.F.; Born August 15, 1924;
Died October 15, 1944 (shot down over North Sea); Parents: Simpson Arthur and Dolena Ruth Taylor
The Gibb Family
The Gibson Family
The Lidstone Family
The Swire Family
The Taylor Family
More About The Military Effort In Laird:
The Laird Chronicles Chapter 9 - The Military Effort
Laird History Volume Two - Military
Museum Collection - Military Items Collection