Memorial

Lieutenant Commander J D Young.

Lieutenant Commander J D Young. Tablet

Source: Copyright Roger Butt

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Current Location

Swains Lane,, Highgate, Camden, Greater London, N6 6PH, England

TQ 28425 87294

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Type of Memorial: Board / Plaque / Tablet
WMR Reference Number: 12614
Description: Tablet set in brick wall to left of entrance gate with incised lettering. There is another tablet on the other side of the gate WMR #12615, commemorating those at Highgate Camp who were killed in WW1.
Inscription: THIS GATE / WAS ERECTED BY HIS FAMILY / TO THE LOVED MEMORY OF / LIEUT. COMMANDER / J DAWBARN YOUNG RNVR / WHO FELL AT ZEEBRUGGE / ST. GEORGE'S DAY, APRIL 23RD 1918

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 1
Died: 1
Information shown: rank,year died,regiment,place of death,forename
Order of names: Rank, forename, surname, service, place of death, date of death.

Maintenance History: GATES WERE FORMERLY THE REAR ENTRANCE TO POND SQUARE CHAPEL YARD (NOW HIGHGATE UNITED REFORMED CHURCH) HOUSE SUBSEQUENTLY BUILT ON THE SITE.

Tablet

Height: 500MM

Width: 680MM

Made from: Stone - Limestone

Condition: Good

Note. At the time of WW1 the gate was the rear entrance to Pond Square Chapel now the United Reformed Church (URC). It is now the entrance to a private property.
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