LAING, James Hardie
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Rank:
Corporal
Unit / Base:
45RM Commando
Regiment/Corps:
Royal Marines
Service:
Royal Navy
Number:
PO/X 116422
Born:
Thursday, March 27, 1924
Birthplace:
Leith, Edinburgh
Died :
Sunday, January 28, 1945
Killed in action or died of wounds
Cemetery/Memorial:
Operations:
Corporal James Laing died during operations at Bell Isle, Osen, Netherlands.
Sources
CWGC.
No.45 RM Commando War Diary / List of casualties Operation Bell Island II.
Registers of Reports of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM 104/133.
1st Cdo. Bde. HQ War Diary January 1945.
Notes
Also seen referred to as Belle Island, Belle Isle, or Bell Island. Capt John Day MC 45RM refers to the island being named by the Allies because of its shape. Location is on the Rover Maas near Roermond.
Sources
CWGC.
No.45 RM Commando War Diary / List of casualties Operation Bell Island II.
Registers of Reports of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM 104/133.
1st Cdo. Bde. HQ War Diary January 1945.
Notes
Also seen referred to as Belle Island, Belle Isle, or Bell Island. Capt John Day MC 45RM refers to the island being named by the Allies because of its shape. Location is on the Rover Maas near Roermond.
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