BORN HORNCLIFFE, NORTHUMBERLAND, 1894. ONLY CHILD OF WILLIAM STEPHEN & HELEN (LAIDMAN), AT THIS ARMY RECORDS ADDRESS.
AN APPRENTICE JOINER.
HE ENLISTED IN THE 529TH EAST RIDING ROYAL ENGINEERS BEFORE THE WAR, ON 28/04/1913. ARRIVED FRANCE, 17/09/1915. KILLED IN ACTION AT ARRAS, ON 18/06/1917, AGED 24. HE HAD SERVED 4 YEARS AND 52 DAYS. RECORDED ON THE ARRAS MEMORIAL, FRANCE AND THE EAST RIDING ROYAL ENGINEER MEMORIAL, AT HULL MINSTER.
HIS MOTHER RECEIVED A WEEKLY PENSION OF 2 SHILLINGS AND SEVEN PENCE FOR THE LOSS OF HER ONLY CHILD.
COMMEMORATED: Arras Memorial, Arras, Departement du Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
First name:
WILLIAM LAIDMAN
Military Number:
474059
Rank:
Sapper
Date Died
18/06/1917
Place died:
Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France
Age:
24
