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All extra details are based on information supplied by the College Archivist (see Additional Information). This included the following biographical details: '(1909) Born 24 February 1889, 126 Green Lanes, Stoke Newington, London; son of Robert Laidlaw, Medical Practitioner, and Elizabeth Playfair. Subject(s): Mechanical Sciences; BA 1912. 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 Charles Glass Playfair Laidlaw (1907); uncle of Christopher Charles Fraser Laidlaw (1940). Educ: Perse School, Cambridge. Career: Westinghouse, Manchester
1912; Private, Non-commissioned Officer, later Second Lieutenant, 203rd Field Company, RE
(wounded) 1916-1917. Died 23 November 1917 (killed in action near Ypres).' His brother, Charles, is also listed on this memorial.