SAS Young, William Pearson (Billy)

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Young ​

• FORENAME

William Pearson (Billy) ​

• UNIT

1 SAS (D Squadron) ​

• RANK

Private ​

• NUMBER

7018947 ​

• DATE OF DEATH

9th August 1944 ​

• AGE

22 ​

• GRAVESITE

Marissel French National Cemetery,France Coll.grave 326-329 ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

parent unit Army Air Corps​

former Royal Ulster Rifles​

born Randalstown,Co.Antrim,Northern Ireland​

resided Randalstown,Co.Antrim,Northern Ireland​

son of William and Elizabeth Young (both died 1959)​

eldest of 5 sons​

award Croix de Guerre (posthumous)​

Op.Gain - POW 4.7.1944 - executed in a wood near Beauvais,France ​

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