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Military service
Age:
46
Rank:
Major
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment)
Division:
52nd Bn.
Death:
June 3, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 24 - 26 - 28 - 30
Additional information
Long Service and Good Conduct Medal. Son of the late Robert Young, of Aberdeen, Scotland; husband of Annie Gardiner (formerly Young), of 89, Lockwell Avenue, Quebec. Twenty-four years with the Royal Canadian Regt. in Toronto and Quebec. Served in the South African Campaign.
Digital gallery of Major Alexander Young
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Photo of Alexander Young
Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Memorial
Inscription on the Menin Gate … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Photo of Alexander Young
This is the only photo I have of my Great Grandfather, Major Alexander Young. The date is unknown to me. -
Newspaper Clipping
Newspaper article - part one of two. -
Newspaper Clipping
Newspaper article - part two of two. -
Photo of Alexander Young
Alexander and Annie Young at the train station 1914. This would be the last photo of husband and wife before his death in 1916, taken by his daughter Florence. -
Photo of Alexander Young
This is the last photo taken of Major Young before his death in 1916. His wife Annie and daughter Florence were seeing him off at the train station.
Digital gallery of
Major Alexander Young
Digital gallery of
Major Alexander Young
Digital gallery of
Major Alexander Young
Digital gallery of
Major Alexander Young
Digital gallery of
Major Alexander Young
Digital gallery of
Major Alexander Young
Digital gallery of
Major Alexander Young
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 186 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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