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Second Lieutenant JAMES VINCENT YOUNG

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Somerset Light Infantry

9th Bn., attd. "B" Coy. 8th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 01 July 1916

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GORDON DUMP CEMETERY, OVILLERS-LA BOISSELLE

II. M. 6.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of the Rev. Vincent and Eleanor Young, of Charleton Rectory, Kingsbridge, Devon.
  • Personal Inscription FLING OPEN WIDE THE GOLDEN GATES AND LET THE VICTORS IN

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Buried or commemorated at

GORDON DUMP CEMETERY, OVILLERS-LA BOISSELLE
Somme France
Number of casualties: 1680
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