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Son of Lt. Col. John L. Youngs, M.C., and Mary Jane Youngs, of Stratford, Ontario.
Military Cross, London Gazette No. 29837 dated 24 November 1916. " For conspicuous gallantry in action. He led his men with great courage and determination. Later, he, single-handed, attached an enemy machine gun, captured the gun and its crew."
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Lieutenant John Lant Youngs
Lt. John Youngs was awarded the Military Cross in 1916.
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message noting the death of Lt. Youngs during the Battle of Vimy Ridge (1st Battalion, CEF War Diary, April 1917 appendix, page 132).
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From the London Free Press April 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Lt. John Youngs was awarded the Military Cross in 1916.
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message noting the death of Lt. Youngs during the Battle of Vimy Ridge (1st Battalion, CEF War Diary, April 1917 appendix, page 132).
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Courtesy Wilf Schofield, England
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Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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From the London Free Press April 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Page 355 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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ECOIVRES MILITARY CEMETERY Pas de Calais, France
Mont St Eloi is a village in the Department of the Pas-de-Calais, 8 kilometres north-west of Arras. The village stands on high ground overlooking the battlefields of Vimy and Souchez and the main Bethune-Arras road, and the ruined towers that rise from it were used as an observation post during the French attacks at Neuville-St Vaast and Givenchy in May 1915.
Ecoivres is a hamlet lying at the foot of the hill, to the south-west and about 1.5 kilometres from Mont St Eloi on the Arras-St Pol line. The ECOIVRES MILITARY CEMETERY is on the D49 road.
For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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