Identity
Person No.
23120
Service No.
Unknown
Last Name
First Name
Norman Young
Initials
N Y
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
24
Military Service
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Unit
Defence Force
Unknown
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
KIA 14,313
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Killed in action, at Bouleaux Wood, near Combles, while voluntarily serving as a stand, no other suitable emplacement being available for a Lewis gun, which it was necessary to get into action quickly
Location
Country
Locality
Cemetery
Grave Reference
Coordinates
Memorial
Memorial
Location
On the Somme battlefield at Thiepval, overlooking the Ancre valley
Address
Coordinates
Panel
On the panel
Norman Young Sim
Notes
Son of the late Andrew Sim, and of Mary Sim, of Trio, Links, Peddie, Cape Province, South Africa.
Research notes
Thiepval Memorial, Pier and Face 9 C: named on photograph "Norman Young Sim". Photograph: South African War Graves Project.
Citations
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