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Wilfred James Ernest Young

In memory of:

Private Wilfred James Ernest Young

August 26, 1918

Military Service

Service Number:

171403

Age:

20

Force:

Army

Unit:

5th Canadian Mounted Rifles (Quebec Regiment)

Citation(s):

Croix de Guerre (France)

Additional Information

Born:

October 24, 1896

Son of James Albert W. and Elizabeth Ada Young, of 15 Balfour Avenue, Toronto, Ontario.

Commemorated on Page 527 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

STE CATHERINE BRITISH CEMETERY
Pas de Calais, France

Grave Reference:

F. 28.

Location:

Ste Catherine is a village in the Department of the Pas-de-Calais, adjoining the city of Arras on the north side. STE CATHERINE BRITISH CEMETERY is on the left of the road to Therouanne (the Chassee Brunehaut), not far beyond the Church.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Grave marker– 21 April 2019, CEFRG (Canadian Expeditionary Force Research Group) https://cefrg.ca

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    Grave marker – 21 April 2019, CEFRG (Canadian Expeditionary Force Research Group) https://cefrg.ca
  • Photo of Wilfred James Ernest Young– Private Wilfred James Ernest Young, pictured shortly after his enlistment into the 83rd (Toronto) Battalion CEF.

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    Photo of Wilfred James Ernest Young
    Photo of Wilfred James Ernest Young – Private Wilfred James Ernest Young, pictured shortly after his enlistment into the 83rd (Toronto) Battalion CEF.
  • Newspaper clipping (wounded)– Toronto city newspaper clipping showing Private Young, of the 5th Canadian Mounted Rifles, was wounded.

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    Newspaper clipping (wounded) – Toronto city newspaper clipping showing Private Young, of the 5th Canadian Mounted Rifles, was wounded.
  • Obituary– Toronto city newspaper clipping showing Private Young, of the 5th Canadian Mounted Rifles, had died of wounds on August 26th, 1918.

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    Obituary
    Obituary – Toronto city newspaper clipping showing Private Young, of the 5th Canadian Mounted Rifles, had died of wounds on August 26th, 1918.

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