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Lance Corporal JOHN THOMAS YOUNG

Service Number: 5681
Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Shropshire Light Infantry

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 04 November 1915

Age 29 years old

Buried or commemorated at

MENIN ROAD SOUTH MILITARY CEMETERY

II. O. 2.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Annie Young of 40 Amberley Road, Paddington, London. His brother Henry also fell.
  • Personal Inscription IN LOVING MEMORY GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN
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Buried or commemorated at

MENIN ROAD SOUTH MILITARY CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 1658
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