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Private JOHN WEIR YOUNG

Service Number: 2890225
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Gordon Highlanders

6th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 23 April 1943

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

MEDJEZ-EL-BAB WAR CEMETERY

9. B. 15.

Tunisia

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Thomas and Bridget Young, of Busby, Lanarkshire.
  • Personal Inscription THEIR BODIES ARE BURIED IN PEACE BUT THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE
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Buried or commemorated at

MEDJEZ-EL-BAB WAR CEMETERY
Tunisia
Number of casualties: 2910
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