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Second Lieutenant CARLETON DOUGLAS YEARWOOD

Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

7th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 16 August 1917

Age 27 years old

Buried or commemorated at

OOSTTAVERNE WOOD CEMETERY

IV. E. 11.

Belgium

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Gordon Howard Seale Yearwood and Margaret Elizabeth Yearwood, of "Sherbourne", Two Mile Hill, St. Michaels, Barbados, British West Indies.
  • Personal Inscription THEY NEVER FAIL WHO DIE IN A GREAT CAUSE

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Buried or commemorated at

OOSTTAVERNE WOOD CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 1238
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