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VC477 David Reginald Younger
BORN 17 March 1871
DIED 11 July 1900 AGE 29
VC Won 11 July 1900 AGE 29
Place VC Won Near Krugersdorp
War/Campaign The Second Boer War
Name David Reginald Younger No. Posthumous
VC Issue No. 477 Awards VC
Regiment Gordon Highlanders
Later The Highlanders
Now 4th Battalion Royal Regiment of Scotland
Rank VC Won Captain
Rank End Of Career Captain
Place Of Birth Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
Place Of Death Lechochoek, Transvaal, South Africa
Buried/Location Ashes Krugersdorp Cemetery, Halgryn Street, Gauteng, South Africa
Cremated
Date Buried/Cremated
Headstone Headstone Plot/Grave no.
Gazetted 8 August 1902
VC Presented Registered post to his family on the 30 April 1902
Memorials
Headstone, Krugersdorp Cemetery, Halgryn Street, Gauteng, South Africa
Named on the Gordon Highlanders, Boer War Memorial, Castle Esplanade, Edinburgh Castle, Edinburgh
Memorial Plaque, St John The Evagalist, Moffat, Dumfries & Galloway
By The Way…
The nickname for the Gordon Highlanders was, “The Gay Gordons”
VC Held By
Not known
