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Military service
Service number:
B/130063
Age:
24
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Toronto Scottish Regiment (M.G.), R.C.I.C.
Death:
July 20, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
XX. F. 1.
Additional information
Son of Jack and Laura Young; husband of Florence Young, of Agincourt, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Private William Hamilton Young
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Newspaper Clipping
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Grave Marker
A photograph of the headstone at the Bretteville-sur-Laize Canadian War Cemetery, located 20 kilometres south of Caen, France. May he rest in peace. (J. Stephens) -
Cemetery
The Bretteville-sur-Laize Canadian War Cemetery, located 20 kilometres south of Caen, France. (J. Stephens) -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star September 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star September 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star September 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram October 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 485 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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