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Gunner WILLIAM CHARLES YOUNG

Service Number: 71825
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Field Artillery

72nd Bty. 38th Bde.

Date of Death

Died 01 October 1916

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

DELVILLE WOOD CEMETERY, LONGUEVAL

XXIII. L. 1.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Frederick John and Mary Ann Young, of 39, Albert St., Bridgwater, Somerset,.
  • Personal Inscription NOT GONE FROM MEMORY NOR YET FROM LOVE BUT GONE TO HIS FATHER'S HOME ABOVE. R.I.P.
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Buried or commemorated at

DELVILLE WOOD CEMETERY, LONGUEVAL
Somme France
Number of casualties: 5523
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