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Private JOHN ALEXANDER YOUNG

Service Number: 22179
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Scots

17th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 13 April 1916

Age 18 years old

Buried or commemorated at

SAILLY-SUR-LA-LYS CANADIAN CEMETERY

I. B. 27.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of George and Elixa Piper Young, of 3a, Hill Square, Edinburgh.
  • Personal Inscription HIS FIGHTING O'ER HE RESTS
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Buried or commemorated at

SAILLY-SUR-LA-LYS CANADIAN CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 314
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