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John Young

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John's pension record courtesy of WFA

Military Information

  • Date of enlistment:
  • Place of enlistment: Dundee
  • Service no: 8917
  • Rank: Private
  • Service Occupation:
  • Awards:
  • Regiment/Service: Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders
  • Unit/Ship: 2nd Battalion
  • Place of Death: Belgium
  • Age at Death: 29
  • Date of Death: 10.11.1914
  • Burial Country: Belgium
  • Cemetery: Ploegsteert Memorial
  • Grave/Mem Ref no: Panel 9 & 10

Personal Information

  • Date of Birth:
  • Place of Birth: Blairgowrie
  • Address: 50 Hill Street, Dundee
  • Occupation:
  • Mother:

    Margaret McKenzie Young, 50 Hill St, Dundee

  • Father:

    William Young, 51 Hill St, Dundee

  • Siblings:
  • Spouse:
  • Children:

More about John Young

John has no known grave but is remembered on the Ploegsteert Memorial.

John Young   8917   Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

YOUNG— Private John Young of the 2nd Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, was killed on 10th November last year.

Dundee Peoples Journal 16th October 1915

Additional information kindly supplied by Michael Caldwell

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