<span class=prefix>Lance Corporal</span> Josiah Laity

Lance Corporal Josiah Laity Veteran

Birth
Helston, Cornwall Unitary Authority, Cornwall, England
Death
7 Oct 1915 (aged 19)
Belgium
Burial
Poperinge, Arrondissement Ieper, West Flanders, Belgium Add to Map
Plot
I. B. 2A.
Memorial ID
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LANCE CORPORAL
JOSIAH LAITY
Service Number: Y/358
Regiment & Unit/Ship
King's Royal Rifle Corps

9th Bn.

Date of Death
Died 07 October 1915

Age 20 years old

Lance-Corporal Laity is buried at Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery: Plot I,
Row B, Grave 2A, and his parents had the following inscription carved at
the base of his headstone:
GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS
THAT HE LAID DOWN HIS LIFE FOR US
Josiah is also commemorated on a panel inside the Memorial Hall on
Gladstone Road in Barry.
LANCE CORPORAL
JOSIAH LAITY
Service Number: Y/358
Regiment & Unit/Ship
King's Royal Rifle Corps

9th Bn.

Date of Death
Died 07 October 1915

Age 20 years old

Lance-Corporal Laity is buried at Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery: Plot I,
Row B, Grave 2A, and his parents had the following inscription carved at
the base of his headstone:
GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS
THAT HE LAID DOWN HIS LIFE FOR US
Josiah is also commemorated on a panel inside the Memorial Hall on
Gladstone Road in Barry.

Inscription

9th Bn. King's Royal Rifle Corps.

Gravesite Details

7th October 1915. Age 20. Son of George and Mary Ann Laity nee Wetheridge of 24 Phyllis St. Barry Island Glam. I. B. 2A.


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