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John Lant Youngs

In memory of:

Lieutenant John Lant Youngs

April 9, 1917

Military Service

Age:

21

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Western Ontario Regiment)

Division:

1st Bn.

Citation(s):

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."

Honours and Awards:

Military Cross

Additional Information

Son of Lt. Col. John L. Youngs, M.C., and Mary Jane Youngs, of Stratford, Ontario.

Commemorated on Page 355 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

ECOIVRES MILITARY CEMETERY
Pas de Calais, France

Grave Reference:

V. D . 11.

Location:

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.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Memorial– Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Memorial – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the London Free Press April 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the London Free Press April 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper Clipping– Lt. John Youngs was awarded the Military Cross in 1916.

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    Newspaper Clipping – Lt. John Youngs was awarded the Military Cross in 1916.
  • Photo of John Youngs

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    Photo of John Youngs
    Photo of John Youngs
  • Newspaper Clipping

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    Newspaper Clipping
  • Document– 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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    Document – message noting the death of Lt. Youngs during the Battle of Vimy Ridge (1st Battalion, CEF War Diary, April 1917 appendix, page 132).
  • Grave Marker– Courtesy Wilf Schofield, England

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    Grave Marker – Courtesy Wilf Schofield, England

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