Basic Details
Surname
Laidlaw
Forenames
C G P
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Alternative forename
Charles Glass Playfair
Served or died
Died
Notes
All extra details are based on information supplied by the College Archivist (see Additional Information). This included the following biographical details: ' (1907) Born 13 December 1887, Matlock House, 126 Green Lanes, Stoke Newington, London; son of Robert Laidlaw, Government Doctor and JP, Seychelles, and Elizabeth Playfair Subject(s): Natural Sciences; BA 1910; MA 1914, Tutor(s): L H K Bushe-Fox, Johnian Relatives: brother of George Muir Laidlaw (1897) and of Patrick Playfair Laidlaw (1900); brother-in-law of James Fraser (1901); brother of Hugh Alexander Lyon Laidlaw (1904) and of Walter Sibbald Laidlaw (1909); uncle of Christophor Charles Fraser Laidlaw (1940} Educ: Perse School, Cambridge, Career: Research in Plant Physiology, Imperial College of Science and Technology 1912-1914; Private, London Scottish Regiment 1914-1915, Awards: Minor Scholarship, SJC 1906;
Foundation Scholarship, SJC 1909; Hutchinson Studentship, SJC 1911; Research Scholarship, Board of Agriculture and Fisheries 1912, Publications: (with R C Knight) 'A description of a recording porometer and a note of stomatal behaviour during wilting', Annals of Botany, Vol XXX, No CXVII, 1916, Died 3 April 1915 (from wounds received in action at Richebourg l' Avoue on 2 April).' His brother, Walter, is also listed on this memorial.
Primary Service
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Service (Primary - Our reference)
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Death and Burial details
Country of death
Not Stated on Memorial
Country of burial
Not Stated on Memorial
Cemetery
Not Stated on Memorial
Year of death
1915
Month of death
April
Day of death
3
Age at death
27
Manner of death as stated
Not Stated on Memorial
Manner of death reference
Died of Wounds
Personal Details
Occupation
Not Stated on Memorial