Source: Nominal Roll.
Family Search: Major Clarence Percival Laing was born on 19 October 1888, in Windsor, Sandwich, Essex, Ontario, Canada as the son of John Wilfred Laing and Harriet M. Shipley. In 1939, his occupation is listed as accounting department, hiram walker in Walkerville, Windsor, Essex, Ontario, Canada. He died on 7 January 1957, in Windsor, Essex, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 68, and was buried in Windsor, Essex, Ontario, Canada.
This soldier would later return to the Battalion and was promoted to the rank of captain, acting at this rank as the Battalion paymaster.
On 21 April [1916], he [Laing] was admitted to the 6th Canadian Field Ambulance suffering from exhaustion. The next day, the diagnosis changed to “shell shock” and he went to No. 12 Casualty Clearing Station where he remained until 6 May, when he rejoined the Battalion.
Antal, S., & Shackleton, K. (2006). First Efforts: The Battle for the St. Eloi Craters. In Duty nobly done: The official history of the Essex and Kent Scottish Regiment (1st ed., p. 197). Windsor, ON: Walkerville Pub.
Maj. Laing Dies at 70
Maj. C. Percival Laing of Ambassador Apartments, active for many years in Windsor military circles and an employee of Hiram Walker and Sons Ltd. for nearly half a century, died today at Metropolitan General Hospital. He was 70.
A lifelong resident of Windsor, Maj. Laing had been in poor health for some time. Most of his activities in Windsor were centred around his work and the army.
He began his service in the 21st Regiment, Essex Fusiliers as a bugler. When World War I broke out in 1914 he enlisted and subsequently was commissioned as a lieutenant and went overseas with the 18th Battalion under command of the late Col. E. S. Wigle.
He received promotion in the field and eventually received his majority while serving as a paymaster. When the war ended he remained with the Army of Occupation for several months and returned home in 1919.
He was one of the few who continued an active interest in reserve army affairs in Windsor. He served with the Essex Fusiliers as paymaster. When the regiment was restyled the Essex Scottish, Maj. Laing still remained with the unit serving as quartermaster until 1935 when he retired.
At that time he became an honorary member of the officers’ mess and almost daily since that time manifested an interest in unit affairs.
He received his education in Windsor schools and his first job was with Canadian Salt Co. where he served for a short time before joining Hiram Walker and Sons Ltd. in 1905 as a clerk in the traffic department.
Following his service in World War I, he rejoined the Hiram Walker firm in the traffic department and in 1921 was promoted to head of that department. He held the post until 1939 when he was transferred to the accounting department.
He retired in November, 1951, after 46 years service with the company.
He was a lifelong member of All Saints’ Anglican Church.
Maj. Laing was the son of the late John and Harriet Laing and is survived by his widow, the former Gertrude Ryan, and two sisters, Miss Irene Laing and Mrs. A. H. Higginbottom, both of Windsor.
Morris Funeral Service is in charge of the funeral but arrangements are incomplete as yet.
The Windsor Star
Mon, Jan 07, 1957 ·Page 5.
History of the 18th Battalion CEF, "The Fighting Eighteenth" 