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Private WILLIAM YOUNG

Service Number: 21230
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)

12th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 23 October 1916

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

QUARRY CEMETERY, MONTAUBAN

III. N. 7.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Mary Rime (formerly Young), of Buxton House, Roman Bank, Skegness, Lincs., and the late G. Young. Born Pegg's Green, Ashby-de-la-Zouch.
  • Personal Inscription HE DIED THAT WE MIGHT LIVE
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Buried or commemorated at

QUARRY CEMETERY, MONTAUBAN
Somme France
Number of casualties: 755
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