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Captain ALEXANDER DOBREE YOUNG-HERRIES

Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Own Scottish Borderers

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 23 July 1916

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

DANTZIG ALLEY BRITISH CEMETERY, MAMETZ

I. A. 6.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Lt. Col. William Dobree Young-Herries (K.O.S.B.) and of the late Bethia Marion Young-Herries, of Spottes, Dalbeattie, Kirkcudbrightshire.
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Buried or commemorated at

DANTZIG ALLEY BRITISH CEMETERY, MAMETZ
Somme France
Number of casualties: 2053
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