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Son of Mr. and Mrs. George Young, of 63, Mecklenburg St., Saint John, New Brunswick. Native of Lower Millstream, King's Co., New Brunswick.
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Private Royden Thomas Young
Private Royden Young was my Great Uncle who died on the first day of the 2nd Battle of Arras, 1918. My father, Royden Stanley Sharp, was named after him,
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Private Royden Thomas Young
Belle Isle Regional High School - 'Lest We Forget - Springfield, New Brunswick'<P>
In the Spring of 2008, the Grade 11 Modern History students at Belle Isle Regional High School completed biographies for eighteen First World War soldiers. Their assignment was part of the ¿Lest We Forget¿ project initiated by Blake Seward, a history teacher, in Smiths Falls, Ontario.<P>
The students researched individuals from Norton, New Brunswick who died while serving in the First World War. There are 44 names listed on the local cenotaph, Riverbank Memorial and it is their intention to continue this project until students have completed biographies on all the individuals listed. Their teacher, Stephen Wilson, then intends to research the soldiers from the Second World War.
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Private Royden Thomas Young
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Private Royden Thomas Young
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Private Royden Thomas Young
From the Saint John (New Brunswick) Daily Telegraph newspaper c.1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Private Royden Young was my Great Uncle who died on the first day of the 2nd Battle of Arras, 1918. My father, Royden Stanley Sharp, was named after him,
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Belle Isle Regional High School - 'Lest We Forget - Springfield, New Brunswick'<P> In the Spring of 2008, the Grade 11 Modern History students at Belle Isle Regional High School completed biographies for eighteen First World War soldiers. Their assignment was part of the ¿Lest We Forget¿ project initiated by Blake Seward, a history teacher, in Smiths Falls, Ontario.<P> The students researched individuals from Norton, New Brunswick who died while serving in the First World War. There are 44 names listed on the local cenotaph, Riverbank Memorial and it is their intention to continue this project until students have completed biographies on all the individuals listed. Their teacher, Stephen Wilson, then intends to research the soldiers from the Second World War.
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From the Saint John (New Brunswick) Daily Telegraph newspaper c.1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 527 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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DURY MILL BRITISH CEMETERY Pas de Calais, France
Dury is a village in the Department of the Pas-de-Calais, 1 kilometre north of the straight main road from Arras to Cambrai (D939). Approximately 16 kilometres from Arras travelling towards Cambrai on the D939 is the Canadian Forces Memorial at Dury. 300 metres after the Memorial the Cemetery is signposted to the left towards Dury village. 200 metres from the D939 the cemetery is signposted to the left. It is located in open fields, and is approached along an unsurfaced track about 500 metres long.
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