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David Lawrence McLaren

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David's grave marker, image courtesy of Peter, findagrave.com

Military Information

  • Date of enlistment: 1916
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  • Rank: Sub Lieutenant
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  • Regiment/Service: S.S. Ashtree
  • Unit/Ship: Royal Naval Reserve
  • Place of Death: 30 Roseneath Terrace, Edinburgh
  • Age at Death: 27
  • Date of Death: 21/07/1918
  • Burial Country: Wales
  • Cemetery: Cardiff (Cathay) Cemetery, Wales
  • Grave/Mem Ref no: EH. CE. 676.

Personal Information

  • Date of Birth: 1891
  • Place of Birth: Dundee
  • Address: 30 Roseneath Terrace, Edinburgh.
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    Mrs Emily Mitchell McLaren of 76 Stockland Street, Grangetown, Cardiff and later 41 Romilly Road West, Victoria Park, Canton, Cardiff.

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More about David Lawrence McLaren

David L McLaren was born in Dundee and was a Mate in the Mercantile Marine. He was married to Mrs Emily Mitchell McLaren of 76 Stockland Street, Grangetown, Cardiff and later 41 Romilly Road West, Victoria Park, Canton, Cardiff. In 1915 he served as the Second Mate onboard the Hartside and gave his previous ship as the Repton. He was commissioned into the Royal Naval Reserve in September 1916 and appointed to the Royal Fleet Auxiliary Ashtree. His ship was employed as a coal transport for the Grand Fleet in Scottish waters. David McLaren died from pleurisy and pneumonia at 30 Roseneath Terrace, Edinburgh. He is buried in the Cardiff (Cathay) Cemetery, Wales.

Information supplied by Iain Stewart and Iain Birnie

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