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Military service
Service number:
435145
Age:
28
Rank:
Sergeant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Alberta Regiment)
Division:
"A" Coy. 50th Bn.
Birth:
January 24, 1889
Death:
April 10, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of William and Mary Young, of 2135, 16th St., West, Calgary, Alberta. B.A. (Alberta University).
Digital gallery of Sergeant Percy Young
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Photo of Percy Young
Taken before he shipped off to France, Percy is standing and his brother Walter is sitting. -
Memorial
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial. Over 11,000 fallen Canadians having no known place of burial in France, are honoured on this Memorial. May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens)
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 355 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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