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Pte. Robert York
British Army 9th Btn. Royal Fusiliers
from:Eastbourne, East Sussex
(d.9th April 1917)
Robert York is buried in Duisan British Cemetery at Etrun.
CSM. William Alfred York
British Army 2nd/4th Battalion Royal Leicestershire Regiment
from:Leicester
(d.25th Mar 1918)
2nd Lt. J. Yorke
British Army 173rd Brigade Royal Field Artillery
Pte. James Ernest Yorke
British Army 18th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
James Yorke was awarded a silver war badge
Dvr. Joseph Yorke
Army Royal Field Artillery
from:Felling, Co Durham
(d.13th Sep 1915)
FM. Gee You
Mercantile Marine SS Calliope
(d.5th Apr 1917)
Fireman You is buried in the Levanzo Communal Cemetery in Italy.
Spr. John Youd
British Army 1/1st West Lancashire Field Company Royal Engineers
from:Widnes
John Youd of Widnes served as a Sapper with the Royal Engineers. We have all his WW1 diaries. It starts on the 13th of November 1914 with, arrived in Blackpool. He came home safe.
Pte. Stanley John Youell
British Army 4th Battalion Cameron Highlanders
from:Holloway, London
(d.14th Oct 1915)
Stanley Youell was 19 when he was killed at the Battle of Loos. He had joined up against his parents wishes like many others. He is buried at Le Treport.
2nd Lt. Frederick Youens
British Army 13th Btn. C Coy Durham Light Infantry
from:High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire
(d.7th July 1917)
2nd Lt. Frederick Youens VC.
British Army 13th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
from:High Wycombe
(d.7th Jul 1917)
2nd Lt. Frederick Youens served with the 13th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry during WW1 and died of wounds on the 7th July 1917 Aged 24. He is buried in Railway Dugouts Burial Ground (Transport Farm) in Belgium He was the son of Vincent and Lizzie Youens, of Belgrave, 64, Desborough Park Rd., High Wycombe.
An extract from The London Gazette, dated 31st July, 1917, records the following-
For most conspicuous bravery and devotion to duty. While out on patrol this officer was wounded and had to return to his trenches to have his wounds dressed. Shortly afterwards a report came in that the enemy were preparing to raid our trenches. 2nd Lt. Youens, regardless of his wound, immediately set out to rally the team of a Lewis gun, which had become disorganised owing to heavy shell fire. During this process an enemy's bomb fell on the Lewis gun position without exploding. 2nd Lt. Youens immediately picked it up and hurled it over the parapet. Shortly afterwards another bomb fell near the same place; again 2nd Lt. Youens picked it up with the intention of throwing it away, when it exploded in his hand, severely wounding him and also some of his men. There is little doubt that the prompt and gallant action of 2nd Lt. Youens saved several of his men's lives and that by his energy and resource the enemy's raid was completely repulsed. This gallant officer has since succumbed to his wounds.
2nd Lt. John Scott Youll VC
British Army 11th Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Thornley, Co. Durham
(d.27th Oct 1918)
John Youll was the son of Mr. R. W. and Mrs. M. Youll, of Thorncroft, Thornley, Co. Durham. He died on the 27the October 1918, aged 21 and is buried in the Giavera British Cemetery in Italy.
He was awarded the Italian Silver Medal for Valour and the Victoria Cross. An extract from the London Gazette, dated 25th July, 1918, records the following:- "For most conspicous bravery and devotion to duty during enemy attacks when in command of a patrol, which came under hostile barrage. Sending his men back to safety, he remained to observe the situation. Unable subsequently to rejoin his company, Second Lieut. Youll reported to a nieghbouring unit, and when the enemy attacked he maintained his position with several men of different units until the troops on his left had given way and an enemy machine gun had opened fire from behind him. He rushed the gun, and, having killed most of the team, opened fire on the enemy with the captured gun, inflicting heavy casualties. Then, finding that the enemy had gained a footing in a portion of the front line, he organised and carried out with a few men three seperate counter-attacks. On each occasion he drove back the enemy, but was unable to maintain his position by reason of reverse fire. Throughout the fighting his complete disregard of personal safety and very gallant leading set a magnificent example to all."
Able Sea Young
Royal Navy
Able Seaman Young was a prisoner at Reiskatte POW Camp, where he died.
Pte. A. Young
British Army Yorkshire Dragoons
Lt. Alexander Young VC.
South African Army 4th Regiment South African Infantry
from:South Africa
(d.19th Oct 1916)
Alexander Young was killed in action on the 19th of October 1916, aged 44, he is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial in France. He was the son of the late William Young, of Ballinamana, Co. Galway and had served during the South African War.
An extract taken from the London Gazette dated 8th November 1901 records the following; "Towards the close of the action at Ruiter's Kraal (South African War). on the 13th August, 1901, Sergeant-Major Young, with a handful of men, rushed some kopjes which were being held by the Boers. Sergeant Major Young then galloped on some 50 yards ahead of his party and closing with the enemy shot one of them and captured Commandant Erasmus, the latter firing at him three times at point blank range before being taken prisoner."
Pte. Allen George Young
British Army 9th Battalion East Surrey Regiment
from:Vernon Road, Sutton
(d.3rd September 1916)
Allen Young's name is on the WW1 Memorial in St. Barnabas Church, Sutton although born in Sevenoaks and at 1911 Census was living in Maidenhead at aged 15 years and employed in work in Gardens. He is also remembered on the Sutton Memorial.
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.
Pte. Arthur Stanley Young
British Army 1/6th Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers
(d.10th Jun 1915)
Arthur Stanley Young enlisted Newcastle and served in the 1st/6th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers. He died age 24 on the 10th June 1915 and is remembered at Jarrow Library and Ypres(Menin Gate)Memorial. Panel 8 and 12. His medal card records the award of the 1915 Star, War and Victory Medals.
Arthur was born in Jarrow 1891, brother of Mrs ML Duncan of 2 Park Villas, Wallsend. In the 1901 census the family is living at 8 Harworth Race with William H Young(55) an engine fitter and Lydia A Young his wife. their daughter Margaret E Young (24) is a music teacher and Arthur Stanley Young is 10 years old.
Pte. Benjamin George Young
British Army 3rd Btn. Kings Royal Rifle Corps
from:Shoreditch, London
George Young wonthe Novices Welterweight Boxing Championship whilst serving in the 3rd Battalion, KRRC.
VAD. Cathryn Young
British Red Cross Society London 52 Voluntary Aid Detachment
from:Stratten, Audley Hall, Bicester, Oxon.
Lady Cathryn Young of Audley Hall served with the Voluntary Aid Detachment, British Red Cross Society in the American Women's Hospital at 98-99 Lancaster Gate, London W., from March to September 1917 in the Pantry. A redcross enquiry yielded an index card listing 300 hours of volunteer work. Previously, Mrs Young had served 1915-1916 in Le Bourget, France at Directress of "Les Contines du Dames Anglaises" according to the same source.
Cecil Bagnall Young
British Army 13th Bn. Kings (Liverpool) Regiment
from:58A Southgate, Ulverston, Lancs.
(d.13th April 1918)
Pte. Charles Bertram Young
British Army 2nd Battalion Hampshire Regiment
from:Isle Of Wight
(d.13th August 1915)
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. Edward Young
British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Durham City
Edward Young was wounded in August 1916
Pte. Elsworth Young
Canadian Expeditionary Force 25th Btn
from:Canada
(d.29th Oct 1916)
Pte. Elsworth Young served with the Canadian Expeditionary Force 25th Battalion. He was executed for desertion on 29th October 1916 and is buried in the Bully-Grenay Communal Cemetery, British Extension, Bully-Grenay, France.
Pte. Elwin Graham Young
US Army Company H 309th Infantry Regiment
from:Colebrook, NH
Elwin Young served with Company H, 309th Infantry Regiment in 78th Division. He was captured and held as POW number 82238, released in Dec 1918
Pte. Ernest Walter Young
British Army 15th Btn. Hampshire Regiment
from:Shoreham, Sussex
(d.21st October 1918)
Pte. Ernest Young
British Army 12th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
from:Sunderland
(d.8th Jul 1916)
Ernest Young was born in 1884 to Samuel and Ann Young (née Wilson). He was killed in action at Bailiff's Wood during the Capture of Contalmaison on the 8th of July 1916. An Australian soldier from the 3rd Australian Infantry Brigade, Sapper G.W. Lindop, penned a letter to Ernest's wife Hannah Young (née Jackson) informing her of his death. He included photos found on Ernest with the letter that contained some holes where 'the bullet or a piece of shell went through into his right side.'
2nd Lt. Frank Edward Young VC.
British Army 1/1st Btn. Hertford Regiment
from:Hertfordshire
(d.18th Sep 1918)
2nd Lt. Frank Edward Young VC
British Army 1st Btn. Hertfordshire Regiment
from:Folkestone, Kent
(d.18th Sep1918)
Frank Young was killed in action on 18th September 1918 aged 23 years during the action for which he gained his award. He is buried in the Hermies Hill British Cemetery in France. He was the son of Frank and Sarah Ellen Young, of 46, Wood Avenue, Folkestone, Kent
An extract from The London Gazette No. 31067, dated 13th Dec., 1918, records the following:- "For most conspicuous bravery, determination and exceptional devotion to duty on 18th September, 1918, south-east of Havrincourt, when during an enemy counter-attack and throughout an extremely intense enemy barrage he visited all posts, warned the garrisons and encouraged the men. In the early stages of the attack he rescued two of his men who had been captured, and bombed and silenced an enemy machine gun. Although surrounded by the enemy, 2nd Lt. Young fought his way back to the main barricade and drove out a party of the enemy who were assembling there. By his further exertions the battalion was able to maintain a line of great tactical value, the loss of which would have meant serious delay to future operations. Throughout four hours of intense hand-to-hand fighting 2nd Lt. Young displayed the utmost valour and devotion to duty, and set an example to which the company gallantly responded. He was last seen fighting hand to hand against a considerable number of the enemy."
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