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<p>Created page with &quot;{{personnel |Surname and forenames=Laidler William Walton |Army number=243287 |Rank=Temporary Captain. |Decorations=Mentioned in Despatches (North West Europe) (gazetted 2/4/1...&quot;</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{personnel<br /> |Surname and forenames=Laidler William Walton<br /> |Army number=243287<br /> |Rank=Temporary Captain.<br /> |Decorations=Mentioned in Despatches (North West Europe) (gazetted 2/4/1946).<br /> |Date of birth=Born 1904 in Whitley Bay, mother&#039;s maiden surname Maddison.<br /> |Age=<br /> |Unit=Cadet at OCTU. Commissioned as a 2/Lt in the Royal Army Ordnance Corps 22/8/1942 (gazetted 8/9/1942). Posted to 70 Brigade Workshops 15/4/1944 and taken on strength 10/4/1944. Served Normandy. Appeared in the Army Lists in the RAOC in 1942.1943,1944 and 1945.<br /> |Company/Battery=70 Brigade Workshops.<br /> |Task or role=Operations Officer.<br /> |Promotions=Temporary Captain.<br /> |Wounded=Not as far as is known.<br /> |Prisoner of War=Not as far as is known.<br /> |Died/Killed in action=Died 4/10/1955. Probate granted to his widow on 14/11/1955.<br /> |Home address=Appeared in the 1911 Census as a six-year old living at 18, Princes Gardens, Monkseaton. Parents William Walton Laidler and Eva (nee Maddison) who had married in 1903. In Q1 1930 he married Teresa O&#039;Brien in Middlesbrough. Lived subsequently at Inglenook, Potto, Yorkshire.<br /> }}</div>

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