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Military service
Service number:
799804
Age:
38
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
19th Bn.
Birth:
March 29, 1879
Death:
January 18, 1918
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
XXXI. F. 22.
Additional information
Son of William Young, of Pharis, Ballymoney, Ireland; husband of Margaret D. Young, of 99, Essex Avenue, Toronto.
Digital gallery of Private William James Young
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Newspaper Clipping
In memory of the members of the 15th, 92nd and 134th Battalions (48th Highlanders) who went to war and did not return. Submitted by the 48th Highlanders Museum 73 Simcoe St. Toronto for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Newspaper Clipping
In memory of the members of the 15th, 92nd and 134th Battalions (48th Highlanders) who went to war and did not return. Submitted by the 48th Highlanders Museum 73 Simcoe St. Toronto for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Photo of William Young
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Roll of Honour Book
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Badge
Cap badge 92nd Bn (48th Highlanders of Canada). Pte Young originally enlisted in this unit but was sent to the 19th Bn as a reinforcement. Submitted by Capt (ret’d) V. Goldman, 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Badge
Cap badge 19th Bn . Pte Young originally enlisted in the 92nd Bn (48th Highlanders of Canada) but was sent to the 19th Bn as a reinforcement. Submitted by Capt (ret’d) V. Goldman, 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Grave Marker
Submitted by 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Photo of William Young
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram January 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private William James Young
Digital gallery of
Private William James Young
Digital gallery of
Private William James Young
Digital gallery of
Private William James Young
Digital gallery of
Private William James Young
Digital gallery of
Private William James Young
Digital gallery of
Private William James Young
Digital gallery of
Private William James Young
Digital gallery of
Private William James Young
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Commemorated on:
Page 527 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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