BereniceUK Posted 13 October , 2015 Share Posted 13 October , 2015 Born at Vancouver, 1897, died at Marblehead, Massachusetts, August 8th 1920. The inscription on his headstone, at Sherwood Cemetery, on Prince Edward Island, Canada, reads "Served with Can. Expd. Forces from Oct. 1916 to May 1919." and here, http://ourmaritimeties.com/tng/getperson.php?personID=I5606&tree=Arthur , is "died of a war injury shortly after the war." Ancestry has a photo of him. http://mediasvc.ancestry.com/image/b4e05482-44ca-4c0d-a4e8-42bb08eaa02b.jpg?Client=MCCManager&NamespaceID=1093&MaxSide=160 A short biography gives some further, slightly different, information - " David Sidney Laird was born in Amherst, Nova Scotia, October 14, 1897. He studied at the Latin School (probably in Boston, although one source says that it was in Amherst), and later went to Harvard University. In July 1916, he enlisted with the Canadian Expeditionary Force to serve in the First World War. After the war, he returned to Harvard. He died at the Devereux Mansion Hospital in Marblehead, Massachusetts, on August 8, 1920." https://westendvancouver.wordpress.com/biographies-a-m/biographies-l/laird-david-rennie-1865-1948/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenmorrison Posted 13 October , 2015 Share Posted 13 October , 2015 According to his attestation papers he was born at Somerset, Prince Edward Island and his father was at Amhirst, Nova Scotia. He had some military service with the "Harvard Reg" at Boston. http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/military-heritage/first-world-war/first-world-war-1914-1918-cef/Pages/image.aspx?Image=448836a&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fdata2.archives.ca%2fcef%2fgpc008%2f448836a.gif&Ecopy=448836a Ken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BereniceUK Posted 13 October , 2015 Author Share Posted 13 October , 2015 Devereux Mansion Hospital specialised in "physical weakness and disabilities frequently accompanying nervous disorders." http://www.forgottenbooks.com/readbook_text/The_Modern_Hospital_v20_1000307945/401 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisharley9 Posted 13 October , 2015 Share Posted 13 October , 2015 To advance the case you would need evidence as to any illness/injury that he left the armed forces suffering & also evidence as to cause of death. Online sources whilst they point the way cannot be used as evidence. Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC78 Posted 7 December , 2019 Share Posted 7 December , 2019 According to his papers he was discharged on demobilisation at the end of the war. Page 13 of the pdf clearly states "death not due to service". https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/military-heritage/first-world-war/personnel-records/Pages/item.aspx?IdNumber=506384 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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