YOUNGER, Matthew Scott
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Rank:
Sergeant
Unit / Base:
11 Commando
Regiment/Corps:
Royal Artillery
Royal Corps of Signals
Service:
Army
Number:
834706
Born:
Friday, September 21, 1917
Birthplace:
Greenock, Scotland
Died :
Saturday, March 8, 2003
Place died:
Greenock, Scotland
Matthew Younger was wounded 9 June 1941 during operations at Litani River, Syria. Post war member of the Commando Association.
Sources
CWGC.
RA Attestation Register.
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/27.
Obituaries in Commando Association newsletter 117 issued Sept. 2003.
CWGC.
RA Attestation Register.
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/27.
Obituaries in Commando Association newsletter 117 issued Sept. 2003.
[Image] Susie Younger (granddaughter).
Notes on rank
Casualty Lists at the time record war substantive rank Lance Corporal. Image in gallery June 1941 shows him wearing Sgt stripes and Commando Association obituary record shows rank as Sergeant which may have been a temporary or acting rank.
Photo of Commando in Gallery:
Yes
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