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227284 Tpr. Daniel J.J. Laing British Army 46th (Liverpool Welsh) Btn. Royal Tank Regiment from:Forres, Moray Dan Laing was my great uncle and I have been researching his wartime background. He was a tank driver with the 46th Btn. Royal Tank Regiment and may have also served with the 42nd Bn RTR. He is reported wounded on 22nd July 1942 at the First Battle of El Alamein, a date which ties in exactly with the unsuccessful action of 23rd Armoured Bgde where they took heavy casualties; the 46th Btn being part of 23rd's order of battle. He went on to serve in Italy and maybe (unconfirmed) in Greece at the end of the war. Unconfirmed family stories say he was also wounded in Italy though I found no record online of this. The story goes that Dan was wounded in Italy and ended up in the same Field Hospital (at the same time) as his brother (Jim Laing) who was with the Pipes and Drums of 9 Commando. Jim was wounded (corroborated) on 22nd December 1943 during Operation Partridge when 9 Commando conducted a raid across the Garigliano River. Jim was playing the pipes that night and stood on a landmine. Fortunately, the pipes took most of the blast, allowing Jim to recover and go on to serve with 9 Commando in Greece. Dan married and settled in Bangor, North Wales after the war. He died in 1956. Jim went on to marry Dan's widow though he too passed away prematurely in 1966. Mike Laing Add to this record.  Related Content: Can you help us to add to our records? Add a record to our website. The names and stories on this website have been submitted by their relatives and friends. If your relations are not listed please add their names so that others can read about them Did you or your relatives live through the Second World War? Do you have any photos, newspaper clippings, postcards or letters from that period? Have you researched the names on your local or war memorial? Were you or your relative evacuated? Did an air raid affect your area? If so please let us know. Help us to build a database of information on those who served both at home and abroad so that future generations may learn of their sacrifice. Contact us. Celebrate your own Family History Celebrate by honouring members of your family who served in the Secomd World War both in the forces and at home. We love to hear about the soldiers, but also remember the many who served in support roles, nurses, doctors, land army, muntions workers etc. Please use our Family History resources to find out more about your relatives. Then please send in a short article, with a photo if possible, so that they can be remembered on these pages.

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