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Major James Christian Lawrence Young

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Military service

Age: 24
Rank: Major
Force: Army
Unit/Regiment: Canadian Infantry (Alberta Regiment)
Division: seconded to 1st Canadian Div H.Q.
Birth: June 12, 1894 Bristol, United Kingdom
Enlistment: October 4, 1916 Alberta
Death: October 13, 1918

Burial/memorial information

WINDMILL BRITISH CEMETERY
Grave reference: II. H. 17.
Additional information
Son of Lt. Col. James Young, of London, England. Husband of Phyllis Ernestine (née Beaufort) Young, of Buena Vista Rd., Rockcliffe, Ottawa, Ontario. Major Young and Mrs. Young were married in Paris, France in July 1918.

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First World War (1914 – 1918)

In the Books of Remembrance

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Page 527 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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WINDMILL BRITISH CEMETERY Pas de Calais, France

Monchy-le-Preux is a village about 7 kilometres south-east of Arras and WINDMILL BRITISH CEMETERY lies to the south of the village on the north side of the main Arras-Cambrai road, the D939.

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