Ivan Laing was a Scottish

Scotland

Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...

 field hockey

Field hockey

Field Hockey, or Hockey, is a team sport in which a team of players attempts to score goals by hitting, pushing or flicking a ball into an opposing team's goal using sticks...

 player who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics

1908 Summer Olympics

The 1908 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the IV Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was held in 1908 in London, England, United Kingdom. These games were originally scheduled to be held in Rome. At the time they were the fifth modern Olympic games...

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Born in Hawick

Hawick

Hawick is a town in the Scottish Borders of south east Scotland. It is south-west of Jedburgh and south-southeast of Selkirk. It is one of the farthest towns from the sea in Scotland, in the heart of Teviotdale, and the biggest town in the former county of Roxburghshire. Hawick's architecture is...

, 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

Coldstream Guards

Her Majesty's Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards, also known officially as the Coldstream Guards , is a regiment of the British Army, part of the Guards Division or Household Division....

 at Metz-en-Couture

Metz-en-Couture

Metz-en-Couture is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.-Geography:Metz-en-Couture is situated southeast of Arras, at the junction of the D7 and the D17 roads.-Population:-Places of interest:...

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

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