Piper Daniel Laidlaw VC

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Reference WMO/234721

Address:

St Cuthbert's Church

Church Lane

Norham

TD15 2LE

England

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Status: On original site
Type: Non freestanding
Location: Internal
Setting: Inside a building - public/private
Description: Board/Plaque/ Tablet
Materials:
  • Stone Stone (any)
Lettering: Incised
Conflicts:
  • First World War (1914-1918)
About the memorial: A stone tablet commemorating Piper Laidlaw who was awarded the Victory Cross after the battle of Loos in 1915. He is buried in the churchyard (where a gravestone was added in 2002). His government centenary paving stones are at Lesbury (the original) and Swinton (a duplicate). This is not really a war memorial as he died of old age.
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IN PROUD MEMORY OF/ PIPER DANIEL LAIDLAW, VC./ THE PIPER OF LOOS/ THE KING'S OWN SCOTTISH BORDERERS/ BORN 29 MARCH 1879/ DIED 31 OCTOBER 1950/ HIS GRAVE IS IN THIS CHURCHYARD

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