In Memory Of
AIR, ROBERT YOUNG
Service Details
Age:
38
Date of Birth:
-0001-11-30
Service No:
3297
Rank:
Private
Unit:
4th Regt.
Unit 2:
"B" Coy.
Regiment:
South African Infantry
Date of Death:
1916-07-09
Cause of Death:
Killed in action, on the 9th July 1916, the 4th S.A.I. held Briqueterie Trench and Dublin Trench to Dublin Redoubt. Its A Coy took part in the fighting in the South end of Trones Wood in the night of the 9th/10th July.
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
I. G. 6.
Cemetery:
PERONNE ROAD CEMETERY, MARICOURT
Localitly:
Somme
Country:
France
Additional Information
Brother of George Air, of 57 Gorgie Road, Edinburgh, Scotland. Born Edinburgh, Scotland. Served in Nile Expedition and Sudan. A brass finisher
