Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Private J. D. Young, 43rd Battalion (Cameron Highlanders of Canada), Canadian Infantry, who was severely gassed in March 1918, invalided to Canada, and died of injuries/illness attributable to service after the war

British War and Victory Medals (737093 Pte. J. D. Young. 43-Can. Inf.); Memorial Plaque (John Donaldson Young) last in card envelope of issue and contained in remnants of postal envelope addressed to ‘Mrs Isabella Young, 23 Backmarsh Road, Rosyth, Dunfermline, Scotland’; Memorial Scroll (Pte. John Donaldson Young Canadian Infantry Bn.); and named Honourable Discharge Certificate; with a leather wallet embossed ‘The Merchants Bank of Canada’, and a photograph of recipient in uniform annotated ‘Yours J. D. Young’, generally good very fine (3) (3) £120-£160

John Donaldson Young was born in Dunfermline, Scotland in May 1882. He resided at 636 7th Avenue West, Calgary, Alberta, and served for 9 months with 103rd Regiment, Calgary Rifles prior to the Great War. Young served during the Great War with the 43rd Battalion (Cameron Highlanders of Canada), Canadian Infantry on the Western Front, and was invalided to Canada for further medical treatment after being severely gassed in March 1918. He died as a result of injuries/illness attributable to service, 13 April 1929.