Private GS/11084 Samuel Laird

The St Helens Newspaper & Advertiser
Courtesy Ste M

Regiment/Unit: Royal Fusiliers - 2nd Bn.
Theatre of War: France & Flanders
Theatre of War First Served: (2b) Balkans
Date Entered Therein: 17/07/1915

Age at death: 36
Date of death: 1st of July 1916 (Saturday)
Born: Appley Bridge
Resided: St Helens, Lancs
Burial / Memorial: Thiepval Memorial - Pier and Face 8 C 9 A and 16 A.

BMD details:
Marriage: 21/12/1907 Samuel LAIRD to Alice A APPLETON at Eccleston St Thomas.

Family details:
Son of William and Emily Laird, of West End Rd., Haydock, St. Helens; husband of Alice Ann Laird, of 100, Park St., Haydock, St. Helens, Lancs.

Census details:
1881 - 11 months old Samuel is living at 86 Merton Bank Road, Parr, St Helens with parents William (24) and Emily (21). 1891 - 11 years old schoolboy Samuel is living at Banks Cottages, Blackbrook, St Helens with parents William (34), Emily (31) and four siblings: Jane (9), John (6), Emily (4), Ann (1). 1901 - 20 years old 'Colliery Labourer' Samuel is living at 23 Blackbrook Road, St Helens with parents William (44), Emily (41) and six siblings: John (16), Emily (14), Ann (10), [cas=2489]William Laird[/cas] (8), Alexander (7), James (2). 1911 - Sees 30 years old 'Coal Miner Hewer' Samuel living at 86 Blackbrook Road, St Helens with wife Alice Ann (24) and two children Emily (2), William (1).

Notes:
[note=111]Two Laird Brothers who died in The Great War[/note] [url=lmem.php?lmem=25]Also Remembered On St Marks, Haydock War Memorial[/url]

[pic]imgs/WW1_headstones/Private_GS11084_Sam_Laird.jpg[/pic][caption]A dedication for Private Samuel Laird at St Marks churchyard, Haydock (Photo courtesy of Ted Forsyth)[/caption] [pic]imgs/sppics/S_Laird_RFs.jpg[/pic][caption]The inscription for Private Samuel Laird on the Thiepval Memorial (Photograph courtesy of Ste M.)[/caption]