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Flying Officer ROBERT WILLIAM YOUNG

Service Number: 133042
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

9 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 06 April 1944

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

MADRAS WAR CEMETERY, CHENNAI

9. B. 8.

India

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Alexander and Christina Young, of Scalloway, Zetland.
  • Personal Inscription BLOWS THERE A WIND, BEATS THERE A SEA, WHERE SLEEPS NOT SHETLAND'S DEAD
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Buried or commemorated at

MADRAS WAR CEMETERY, CHENNAI
India
Number of casualties: 860
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