# Pilot Officer John Laidlay (1940–1943)

Abdie Churchyard Cemetery, Abdie, Fife, Scotland. Stone 42.

Page: https://kirkyards.scot/abdie-churchyard-cemetery/42

```text
ERECTED BY
HIS FATHER AND MOTHER
IN EVER LOVING MEMORY OF
PILOT OFFICER JOHN LAIDLAY
R.A.F.
KILLED IN ACTIVE SERVICE
3RD SEPT. 1940 AGED 23.
AND HIS MOTHER
MAUD LAIDLAY
MOST BELOVED WIFE OF
JOHN CHRISTOPHER LAIDLAY
DIED 17TH APRIL 1943 AGED 48.
ALSO THE ABOVE
JOHN CHRISTOPHER LAIDLAY
DEARLY BELOVED HUSBAND OF
EVE GILLETT
AND FATHER OF SYA & SUSAN
```

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Square brackets mark uncertain readings. The title is guessed from the inscription.

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