Life story: Buchan Laing | Lives of the First World War

Type	Name
First Names	Buchan
Initials	B
Last Name	Laing
Source	2294098

Service	Number	Unit	Section	Rank	Source
British Army	14204	Highland Light Infantry	16th (Service) Battalion (2nd Glasgow).	Private

Award	Type	Source
1914/15 Star	First World War Campaign/Service Medal
British War Medal	First World War Campaign/Service Medal
Victory Medal	First World War Campaign/Service Medal

Title	Connected by	More information
Medal Index Card
Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) Casualty Records	Imperial1
Soldiers died in the Great War 1914-1919 Transcription	Vincent96527
Glasgow Pals 1914-1918 Transcription	Vincent96527

Reference	Connected by	More information
Ancestry - Medal Roll - Highland Light Infantry - BWM and Vic	Vincent96527
Ancestry - Register of Soldiers Effects.	Vincent96527

Title	Connected by	More information
Highland Light Infantry Cap Badge	Vincent96527
1914-15 Star	Vincent96527

ID: 2294098

Reference: WO372/11

Title: Medal Index Card

Description: Medal index cards were created by the Army Medal Office towards the end of the First World War. They record the medals that men and women who served in the First World War were entitled to claim.

URL: http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/SearchUI/Details?uri=D3283383
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UPP: GBM/MCI/2296596

Credit: © The National Archives

ID: 7295917

Reference: CWGCCASUALIWM

Title: Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) Casualty Records

Description: The Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) commemorate First World War servicemen and women and members of some civilian organisations who died before 31 August 1921 while in Commonwealth military service or of causes attributable to service.

Connected by: Imperial1

URL: http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/532178/
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UPP: GBM/CWGCCASUALIWM/410744

Additional: This record has been automatically matched to the Life Story by IWM, using rules based on name, rank, number, regiment and service.

Credit: © Commonwealth War Graves Commission

ID: 9517133

Reference: wwisd

Title: Soldiers died in the Great War 1914-1919 Transcription