James Laing
Personal information
Full name James Higgins Laing[1]
Date of birth 1897
Place of birth Kilsyth, Scotland
Date of death 23 April 1917 (aged 19)[2]
Place of death near Rœux, France
Position(s) Inside right
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
East Stirlingshire
1916–1917 Falkirk 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

James Higgins Laing (1897 – 23 April 1917) was a Scottish footballer who made one appearance in the Scottish League for Falkirk as an inside right.[3]

Personal life

Prior to his service in the First World War, Laing worked as an engineer for Carron Company.[4] He attested in the Army on 8 December 1915 and was called up to the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders in September 1916.[4] Serving as a private, Laing was posted to the Western Front in January 1917 and was hospitalised the following month, suffering from frostbite.[4] He returned to his battalion in April and ten days later, on 23 April 1917, he was killed in an attack on Rœux during the Battle of the Scarpe.[4] Laing was buried in Rœux British Cemetery.[2]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Scottish Cup Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Falkirk 1916–17[3] Scottish First Division 1 0 ― 1 0
Career total 1 0 0 0 1 0

References

  1. ↑ "Falkirk Players Who Fell" (PDF). p. 3. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 November 2021. Retrieved 24 August 2020.
  2. 1 2 "Casualty Details". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 24 August 2020.
  3. 1 2 Litster, John. Record of Pre-War Scottish League Players. Norwich: PM Publications.
  4. 1 2 3 4 MacGillivray, Russell. "Larbert's War Memorial – Falkirk Local History Society" (PDF). p. 106. Retrieved 24 August 2020.


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