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Second Lieutenant DAVID WILLIAM LAIRD YOUNG

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Flying Corps

53rd Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 06 January 1917

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BAILLEUL COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, NORD

III. A. 202.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Secondary Unit, Regiment and General List
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of David and Hettie Young, of 11, Castle Terrace, Edinburgh. Born at Largs, Ayrshire.
  • Personal Inscription HE WAS LOVELY & PLEASANT IN HIS LIFE
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Buried or commemorated at

BAILLEUL COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, NORD
Nord France
Number of casualties: 4580
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