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Ivan Laing

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Ivan Laing (18 August 1885 – 30 November 1917) was a Scottish field hockey player who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics.

Born in Hawick, and a member of the Hawick Hockey Club, in 1908 he won the bronze medal as member of the Scotland team.

Laing was killed in action during the First World War, serving as a lieutenant with the Coldstream Guards at Metz-en-Couture. He was buried at the Metz-en-Couture Communal Cemetery nearby.[1]

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  1. ↑ Laing, Ivan, Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 19 August 2008

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