Ivan Laing (18 August 1885 – 30 November 1917) was a

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player who competed in the

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. Born in

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, and a member of the Hawick Hockey Club, in 1908 he won the bronze medal as member of the Scotland team. Laing also played rugby for

Hawick RFC Hawick Rugby Football Club is an semi-pro rugby union side, currently playing in the Scottish Premiership and Border League. The club was founded in 1885 and are based at Mansfield Park at Hawick in the Scottish Borders. Splinter from Hawick an ...

, and swam for Hawick Amateur Swimming Club. He was educated at New College, Eastbourne, and at Verviers in Belgium.The Sportsman's Roll of Honour, ''The Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News'', 22 December 1917 Laing was killed in action aged 32 during

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, serving as a lieutenant with the Coldstream Guards at

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. He was buried at the Metz-en-Couture Communal Cemetery nearby.

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Iain Laing at databaseOlympics.com
1885 births 1917 deaths British male field hockey players British military personnel killed in World War I Coldstream Guards officers Field hockey players at the 1908 Summer Olympics Hawick RFC players Medalists at the 1908 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medallists for Great Britain Olympic field hockey players for Great Britain Olympic medalists in field hockey Sportspeople from Hawick Scottish male field hockey players Scottish Olympic medallists Scottish soldiers {{Scotland-fieldhockey-bio-stub

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