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Rfm. Robert John Henry Yardley . British Army 1/8th Btn. London Regiment from London
Rob Yardley enlisted on the 2nd of January 1916. He served and was wounded in France with the BEF. He was entitled to wear one gold braid wound distinction.
G. York . Royal Naval Division Benbow Battalion
Dvr. Joseph Yorke . Army Royal Field Artillery from Felling, Co Durham
(d.13th Sep 1915)
2nd Lt. Frederick Youens . British Army 13th Btn. C Coy Durham Light Infantry from High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire
(d.7th July 1917)
Spr Archie Joseph Young . Australian Imperial Force 1st Australian Tunnelling Company from County Derry, Ireland
(d.20th Oct 1917)
My Great Uncle, Archie Young, had been conscripted in Queensland, Australia my late grandfather informed me. He was wounded in action, possibly by a sniper in October 1917 and died of his wounds. He is buried at the Huts Cemetry Ypres, Belgium.
Mjr. Cyril Rutherford Young . British Army 253rd Siege Bty. Royal Garrison Artillery (d.1st Jul 1917)
Cyril Young studied engineering at Durham University. He went to France as a subaltern with the 41st Siege Battery, R.G.A., in early 1915. He returned to England in 1916 to train and command the 253rd Siege Battery, returning to France as a Major, early in 1917. On the 7th of June 1917 he was severely wounded at the Battle of Messines. He was sent back to England on the 9th June and died of his wounds in a London hospital on 1st of July 1917.
Sjt. Edward John Young . British Army 9th Btn. Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers from Clogher, County Tyrone
(d.1st July 1916)
My Great Uncle, Serjeant Edward John Young, died on July 1, 1916 aged 35, at the Battle of the Somme fighting for freedom with the 9th Battalion of the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers with the 36th Ulster Division of the British Empire trying to take the Thiepval Plateau.
He died with his men, and his family would like his name to be forever remembered as a proud Irish farmer that fought for freedom. He is buried in the Bray Vale British Cemetery, in the village of Bray-Sur-Somme, France, having been moved there in 1923 from the Fields of Thiepval where he fell in defense of freedom.
I visited his grave, the first member of my family to do so on September 13, 2010, and it was one of the most moving experiences of my life.
Pte. Frederick Young . British Army 2nd Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers (d.17th Apr 1915)
L/Sjt. George Young . British Army 17th (Service) Battalion (Rosebery's) The Royal Scots from 15 Spa Street, Aberdeen
(d.18th Oct 1916)
My Great grandfather, Lance Sergeant George Young, tried to enlist for the Great War in Aberdeen where he lived, in March, 1915 but failed the regulation height of 5 feet 3 inches, as he was "too wee". He was recommended by the recruiting officer for enlistment in Edinburgh for Lord Rosebery's newly formed 17th (Service) Battalion.
The 17th (Service) Battalion (Rosebery's) was formed in Edinburgh in February, 1915 as a Bantam Battalion; Glencorse April, 1915; Selkirk May, 1915; Masham June, 1915 serving with 106th Brigade; 35 Division; France and Flanders February, 1916.
George was wounded on the 29th of April, for the first time. He would be promoted twice in August. George would then be wounded again on the 17th of October and died of his wounds the following day, 18th of October at 106th Field Ambulance. George is buried in Habarcq Communal Cemetery Extension, Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais Region, France. Grave/Memorial Reference : VIII.E.5.
George was born in Birmingham, date of birth unknown, son of William and Elizabeth Young, of Birmingham. He was survived by wife Margaret Young (nee Main) and daughter Ethel Harper Young (my granny), born 12 Jan 1913. RIP.
Sjt. J. Young . Army 8th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
Sjt. James Young . British Army 2nd Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers (d.8th May 1915)
L/Cpl. John Young . British Army 2nd Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers (d.8th May 1915)
Sergeant Joseph Young . Army B Company King's Royal Rifle Corps
This is a photograph of my great grandfather Sgt. Joseph Young. The postcard has on the back: King's Royal Rifle Corps
"B"" company
Sergt J Young
No.245309 (I think) 2/7th (then something that looks like) N F1
Hollinside Camp
Swalwell
Lance Sgt. Robert Norman Young . Australian Imperial Forces 33rd Btn. from Malvern, Victoria, Australia.
(d.7th Jun 1917)
L/Sjt. Robert Norman Young . Australian Imperial Force. 34th Btn. from Gunnedah, NSW, Australia
(d.7th Jun 1917)
Thomas Young . Army Durham Light Infantry (d.1st Oct 1916)
Private Thomas Lees Young . Army 2nd Battalion Coldstream Guards from 11 Well Street, Pallion, Sunderland
(d.16th Sep 1916)
Thomas has no known grave, but is remembered on the Thiepval Memorial to the missing of the Somme.
Thomas Young . Army Gordon Highlanders from Dunfermline, Scotland
Thomas Young from Dunfirmline served with the Gordon Highlanders in the Great War. He and his wife Jenny had four children, Janet, Annie, David and Edwin. Edwin lost his life when HMS Forfar was sunk in 1940.
W B Young . British Army 119th MC Coy Machine Gun Corps
I am trying to find out what happened to the many men who had engraved names in the attic in our French Farm House in La Somme. We believe W B Young is from 119th MG Company.
Cpl. William Young . Army 14th btn. Durham Light Infantry (d.20 Apr 1916)
Capt. William Lancelot Young MC.. Australian Imperial Force. 45th Btn. from Dimboola, Australia
(d.7th Jun 1917)
Pte. William Arthur Young . British Army 9th Btn. Lancashire Fusiliers from Bulwell, Nottingham
(d.4th Oct 1917)
William was born 1883 in Bulwell, Nottingham, he enlisted in Doncaster though we don't know yet why, perhaps being a miner he had moved there to work. We have a copy of his medal index card is still intact and at present we are waiting to find out relevant details of his last days via the Lancashire Fusiliers War Diaries.
William was killed at Paschendale and is remembered at Tyne Cott, RIP.
Pte. William Clark Young . British Army 2nd Batalion Royal Scots Fusiliers from 50 Albert Buildings, Hamilton
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