Laidler Frederick John L/Cpl Piper 4457026 - Revision history

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{{Personnel
|Surname and forenames=Laidler Frederick John
|Army number=4457026
|Rank=L/Cpl Piper
|Age=20
|Unit=Durham Light Infantry, T, no enlistment date, Trf Black Watch 1/2/1940, Posted 1 TS, KILLED in ACTION 20/5/40, Authority:- R. Records.
|Task or role=Piper
|Died/Killed in action=20-May-40
|Home address=Son of Frederick and Margaret Laidler, Gosforth. Buried Memorial Plot 8, Row E, Grave 6, Bucquoy Road Cemetery, Ficheux.
|Source table=1TS
}}

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	The help of the relatives of L/Cpl Piper Laidler in providing information, and agreeing to the above ceremony, is gratefully acknowledged.		The help of the relatives of L/Cpl Piper Laidler in providing information, and agreeing to the above ceremony, is gratefully acknowledged.

−	As a result of the later family history research carried out by the late Ruth Kennedy - who died in 1920 - assisted in the work by her daughter Juliet, this Memorial Page has been able to be enhanced significantly and the deepest appreciation is hereby extended to them, and to Mark Knopfler, for their willingness to share this very personal story.	+	As a result of the later family history research carried out by the late Ruth Kennedy - who died in 1920 - assisted in the work by her daughter Juliet, this Memorial Page has been able to be enhanced significantly and the deepest appreciation is hereby extended to them, and also to Freddie's nephew, Mark Knopfler, for their willingness to share this very personal story.
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		+	During a commemorative visit by the Tyneside Scottish Association to the Bucquoy Road Cemetery on 24th September 2022, the opportunity was taken to sound Last Post and Reveille over Freddie Laidler's headstone. Sadly, Andre Coilliot was unable to attend the event and, indeed, died only some two weeks later, on 6th October, following a fall at home in which he fractured his hip. His wise counsel and encyclopaedic knowledge will be greatly missed.

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 |Army number=4457026
 |Rank=L/Cpl Piper
-|Date of birth=Born 1919/20.
+|Date of birth=Born 14/2/1920 at 12, Grey's Avenue, Framwellgate Moor, Durham (possibly while mother was staying with her sisters).
-|Age=20
+|Age=20 at the time of his death.
-|Unit=Joined The Durham Light Infantry, T, no enlistment date as yet.  Posted ? 9th Bn DLI.  Posted ? 12th Bn DLI - probably 1/9/1939.  Transferred to the  Black Watch 1/2/1940, posted 1 TS.  Served BEF.  KILLED in ACTION 20/5/40, Authority:- R. Records.
+|Decorations=Service Awards.
 |Joined Brigade=Probably 1/9/1939.
 |Company/Battery=Battalion Headquarters.
 |Platoon or other sub-unit=Headquarters Company - Battalion Pipes and Drums.
 |Task or role=Piper.
-|Died/Killed in action=20-May-40 at Ficheux.
+|Died/Killed in action=20-May-40 at Ficheux.   Details of initial interment being researched.  Re-buried in Memorial Plot 8, headstone positioned at Row E, Grave 6, [[BUCQUOY ROAD CEMETERY]], Ficheux.  Headstone inscription reads "TREAD SOFTLY, MY SON LIES NEAR".
-|Home address=Son of Frederick and Margaret Laidler, Gosforth.  Buried Memorial Plot 8, Row E, Grave 6, [[BUCQUOY ROAD CEMETERY]], Ficheux.
+|Home address=Son of Frederick (Cabinet Maker - working at one stage for Harrison and Harrison, Organ Makers, Durham) and Margaret (nee Hann - Dressmaker) Laidler, Gosforth.  Parents married at St Barnabas Church, Sandyford, Newcastle 11/7/1915.  Father conscripted in 1916 and served in the Royal Engineers.  The couple lived in Newcastle and then Durham, before returning to Newcastle.  Father - Frederick - was found dead at Prudhoe in June 1932, although the Inquest declared an open verdict.   Family then moved to 94, Heaton Road.  Freddie attended Framwellgate School while living in Durham and then moved at the age of 11 to Heaton Grammar School when his parents returned to live in Newcastle. He did well in his matriculation exams and then came top in the North East in the Civil Service Examination- probably working at Longbenton from the age of 16. Freddie was a very keen Boy Scout and became a King's Scout, particularly enjoying outdoor activities and camping.
 |Image Name=Laidler_F_J_4457026.JPG
 |Image Title=L/Cpl Piper F J Laidler's CWGC headstone.
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 To see a video of Mark Knopfler in concert, playing "Piper To The End" please click [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Va45lNVlxhY here]]
 The help of the relatives of L/Cpl Piper Laidler in providing information, and agreeing to the above ceremony, is gratefully acknowledged.

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 |Unit=Joined The Durham Light Infantry, T, no enlistment date as yet.  Posted ? 9th Bn DLI.  Posted ? 12th Bn DLI - probably 1/9/1939.  Transferred to the  Black Watch 1/2/1940, posted 1 TS.  Served BEF.  KILLED in ACTION 20/5/40, Authority:- R. Records.
 |Joined Brigade=Probably 1/9/1939.
 |Task or role=Piper.
-|Died/Killed in action=20-May-40
+|Died/Killed in action=20-May-40 at Ficheux.
 |Home address=Son of Frederick and Margaret Laidler, Gosforth.  Buried Memorial Plot 8, Row E, Grave 6, [[BUCQUOY ROAD CEMETERY]], Ficheux.
 |Image Name=Laidler_F_J_4457026.JPG
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 Lance-Corporal Piper Laidler is commemorated on the following War Memorials within the archive of the North East War Memorials Project as follows:-
 Heaton Grammar School - click [[http://www.newmp.org.uk/detail.php?contentId=7690 here]]
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 During the Research Visit to Northern France a visit was paid to the [[BUCQUOY ROAD CEMETERY]] on the Anniversary of the Battle for Ficheux and Mercatel (20th May) and the opportunity was taken to play the CD track "Piper to the End" by Mark Knopfler - nephew of L/Cpl Piper Laidler - by his headstone, following which the Lead Researcher (John L Dixon) and the decorated French Historian Msr Andre Coilliot intoned the Ode to the Fallen in English and French.
 The help of the relatives of L/Cpl Piper Laidler in providing information, and agreeing to the above ceremony, is gratefully acknowledged.

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		+	Lance-Corporal Piper Laidler is commemorated on the following War Memorials within the archive of the North East War Memorials Project as follows:-
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		+	Heaton Grammar School - click [[http://www.newmp.org.uk/detail.php?contentId=7690 here]]
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		+	Heaton St Gabriel's Church - click [[http://www.newmp.org.uk/detail.php?contentId=7694]]
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		+	During the Research Visit to Northern France a visit was paid to the [[BUCQUOY ROAD CEMETERY]] on the Anniversary of the Battle for Ficheux and Mercatel (20th May) and the opportunity was taken to play the CD track "Piper to the End" by Mark Knopfler - nephew of L/Cpl Piper Laidler - by his headstone, following which the Lead Researcher (John L Dixon) and the decorated French Historian Msr Andre Coilliot intoned the Ode to the Fallen in English and French.
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		+	The help of the relatives of L/Cpl Piper Laidler in providing information, and agreeing to the above ceremony, is gratefully acknowledged.

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 |Task or role=Piper.
 |Died/Killed in action=20-May-40
-|Home address=Son of Frederick and Margaret Laidler, Gosforth.  Buried Memorial Plot 8, Row E, Grave 6, Bucquoy Road Cemetery, Ficheux.
+|Home address=Son of Frederick and Margaret Laidler, Gosforth.  Buried Memorial Plot 8, Row E, Grave 6, [[BUCQUOY ROAD CEMETERY]], Ficheux.
 |Image Name=Laidler_F_J_4457026.JPG
 |Image Title=L/Cpl Piper F J Laidler's CWGC headstone.
 |Source table=1TS
 }}