Source: Wellington County Museum
Family Search: When Private George Maitland Laidlaw was born on 8 January 1889, in Marden, Guelph Eramosa, Wellington, Ontario, Canada, his father, John Irvine Laidlaw, was 28 and his mother, Annie Newstead, was 28. He married Margaret Elizabeth Bird on 24 December 1927, in Ingersoll, Oxford, Ontario, Canada. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He lived in Wellington, Ontario, Canada in 1901 and Elora, Wellington, Ontario, Canada in 1916. He registered for military service in 1916. In 1916, at the age of 27, his occupation is listed as furniture packer in Elora, Wellington, Ontario, Canada. He died in 1978, in Ontario, Canada, at the age of 89, and was buried in Harris Street Cemetery, Ingersoll, Oxford, Ontario, Canada.
Brother to Archibald Roy Laidlaw, reg. no. 928451.
Trade listed as u/k. DOB 8-1-89, born Canada. 6 foot 1 inch. Blue eyes, black hair. Presbyterian. NOK John Laidlaw, father. Annie Laidlaw, mother. Enlisted Elora 1-1-16 (age 25 years). On 153rd Battalion Nominal Roll 5-2-16, no transfers noted. On 153rd Nominal Rolls as published Guelph Mercury 10-6-16 and 1-12-16. Embarked with 153rd Halifax N.S. SS Olympic 29-4-17. Arrived Liverpool 7-5-16. Assigned 25th Reserve for Training and Administration. Taken on Strength 18th Battalion 14-12-17. Returned to Canada aboard SS Caronia 22-5-19, Halifax, N. Demobilized London 24-4-19. Ontario Marriage Registry (012331) married 24-12-27 to Elizabeth Kerr at Ingersol.
Photo ph23863 courtesy Wellington County Museum & Archives. Died 1978, buried Harris Street Cemetery, Ingersol.
File: RG 150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 5309 – 54, courtesy Library & Archives Canada.
History of the 18th Battalion CEF, "The Fighting Eighteenth" 