John Watson Yost . Royal Air Force
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L/Cpl. Herbert Youd MID. British Army 174th Field Ambulance Royal Army Medical Corps from Ffrith
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Jack Winston "Yipper" Youd . Royal Navy HMS Formidable from Bromborough, Cheshire Twice Yipper, Jack Youd fell overboard and was rescued by the same seaman each time. When the ship was docked many ratings were involved in mending damage to the outside of the hull. My father was pictured in overalls painting over repairs. There would be two or three men on the cradle suspended over the side of ship.
Apparently they always had one in three who could swim, my father couldn’t.
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Pte. Laurence Youd . British Army 5th Btn. East Yorkshire from 107 Cundiff Road, Chorlton-cum-Hardy, Manchester My dad Laurence Youd was in the 5th East Yorks and landed on Gold Beach during the D-Day invasion. He was wounded a couple of days later and was in a hospital in Bayeux.
He had a mate called Tommy Holden (Tich) who lived at 60 Lindel Road, Fleetwood, Lancashire. He had two letters from Tommy dated 25th July and 26th September 1944. I'm trying to find out more about where and when he was wounded, 8th or 9th of June possibly. It would be good to hear from Tommy or anyone who knew him. Sadly Dad passed away in March 2015.
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Sgt. Young . Royal Air Force 150 Sqdn. Sgt Young served with RAF 150 Squadron from October to December 1941, flying Wellingtons (R1414, L7870, X9816, R1216). The full crew were:
Sgt Kay
Sgt Quinn
Sgt Young
Sgt Brown
F/Lt Roy
P/O Robert Chandler
Sgt Hutchinson.
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Young . British Army Royal Army Medical Corps Young served with the Royal Army Medical Corps British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: Unfortunately The Wartime Memories Project has lost touch with Dan, his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below.
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Pte Albert Young . British Army 4th Btn. Green Howards from Jarrow
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Pte. Albert Young . British Army 4th Btn. Yorkshire Regiment (Green Howards) from Jarrow Albert Young was part of the Expeditionary Force.
He was captured in 1940 during the Dunkirk retreat and held at Stalag 344 at Lamsdorf until 1945.
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Sqd.Ldr. Alfred Markham Young . Royal Air Force 106 Squadron from Epping, NSW, Australia (d.26 Jun 1943) Alfred Markham Young was born on 9th of June 1917 in Marrickville, New South Wales, the third child of Alfred Gordon Young and his wife, Vera Blanche Markham. His father was a successful barrister in Sydney, Australia.
Alfred Markham travelled to England in 1939 and joined the Royal Air Force where he trained as a pilot, one of twenty thousand Australian airmen who served with Bomber Command during the 1939-45 War. Alfred was a Squadron Leader in 106 Squadron Bomber Command, Service No. 36135, and was stationed at RAF Syerston near Newark, Nottinghamshire.
Alfred was killed during the Battle of the Ruhr on 26 Jun 1943. Flying a Lancaster Mark III, Serial No. ED125, Code ZN - Alfred's final mission departed at 22.40pm on 24 June 1943 when 473 RAF bombers attacked the Nordstern synthetic-oil plant at Gelsenkirchen. The raid was unsuccessful due to cloud and "unserviceable" equipment on 5 of the 12 Oboe-equipped Mosquitoes.
Alfred's plane failed to return and it is not known where it crashed. He was 26 years of age and is remembered on the Runnymede Memorial, in Surrey, England.
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Writer Arthur William Young . Naval Auxiliary Personnel HMS Forfar (d.2nd Dec 1940)
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Pte. Arthur Leonard Young . British Army 2nd Btn. Middlesex Regiment from Southend-on-Sea My Father, Arthur Young, was a machine-gunner and range-taker with the Middlesex Regiment from 1942 - 1946. Before that, he served from 1940 - 1942 with the Royal Artillery. He was involved with the D-Day invasion, supporting the invasion of Sword Beach on 6th June 1944. He was injured in August 1944, and repatriated to England for treatment. He then saw service in Germany, where he was again injured and was again repatriated for treatment.
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Sgt C W Young . RAF 12Sqd. Sgt Young was on teh crew of Lancaster III ED820 PH-A of 12 sqd. He was taken POW and held in Stalag Kopernikus.
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Able Sea. Charles Herbert Young . Royal Navy HMS Acasta from Leeds (d.8th June 1940) Charles Young was in the Navy during WW1 and he went on to become a Minesweeper. He was recalled for WW2. Charles was a tramcar driver in Leeds for 22 years.
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CPO Cyril Thomas Young . Royal Navy
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D Young . British Army D Young served with the British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: Unfortunately The Wartime Memories Project has lost touch with Dan, his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below.
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Sgt. D. Young . Royal Air Force 49 Sqdn. Hampden P4404 of 49 Squadron had been brought down about 50 miles south of Paris and all the crew became POWs.
Two of them were subsequently shot:
Sgt John Cecil Shaw was shot dead attempting to escape from Stalag Luft 1 on or about 4th January 1942.
Another shooting of a member of the crew occurred after the "Great Escape" from Stalag Luft 3. F/Lt Brian Herbert Evans was one of the many escapees, but was recaptured. The Gestapo executed him on 31st March 1944. He is buried in Poznam Old Garrison Cemetery.
The full crew were:
Sgt J.C. Shaw (pilot)
F/Lt B.H. Evans (navigator)
Sgt D. Young (wop/airgunner)
W.K. O'Leary (wop/airgunner)
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DD Young . British Army Royal Tank Regiment DD Young served with the Royal Tank Regiment British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: Unfortunately The Wartime Memories Project has lost touch with Dan, his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below.
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Cpl. Donald Young . British Army My father, Donald Young fought in the North Africa campaign alongside his brother Ernie, both survived and settled in Cleethorpes in Lincolnshire
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Edgar Edward Young . New Zealand Expeditionary Forces from New Zealand Edgar Young was was a direct descendant of Fletcher Christian of Mutiny on the Bounty. During World War II he served in Greece, with the 2nd NZ Expeditionary Force where he lost an arm and was stabbed through the heart. He was evacuated to Crete and survived his war injuries.
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Pte. Edgar W. Young . British Army 8th Army 50th Division from Plymstock, Plymouth Edgar Young served in North Africa with 50th Division in the Western Desert Campaign.
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Odinary Coder Edwin Gordon Young . Royal Navy HMS Forfar (d.2nd Dec 1940)
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Coder Edwin Gordon Young . Royal Navy HMS Forfar from Dunfermline (d.2nd Dec1940) My uncle, Edwin Gordon Young lost his life when HMS Forfar was torpedoed. He was 21 years old and prior to his call up he had been a footballer with Falkirk FC. He grew up in Dunfermline and attended Queen Anne junior high school.He had three siblings Janet(Nettie) my mother Annie(nan) and David the youngest and was survived by his mother Jenny and father Thomas, who had served with the Gordon Highlanders in the great war, hence Edwin Gordon Young. From all I can gather my grandparents never really recovered from his loss.Though I guess this is just one small tradgedy in the huge tapestry of WW2. I believe he was awarded three medals, still held by brother Peter.
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Flt.Sgt. Edwin Albert Young . Royal Canadian Air Force (d.31st May 1942) Flight Sergeant (Air Observer) Edwin Young is buried in the Spangereid Churchyard in Norway.
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Cpl. Eric Thomas Young . British Army 5th Btn. Hampshire Regiment from Eastleigh, Hampshire Eric Young served with the 5thBattalion, Hampshire Regiment.
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Chief Steward Ernest John Young . Naval Auxiliary Personnel HMS Forfar (d.2nd Dec 1940)
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EW Young . British Army EW Young served with the British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: Unfortunately The Wartime Memories Project has lost touch with Dan, his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below.
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Frederick James Young . Royal Air Force 192 Squadron My Father Frederick James Young passed away in 2004 having kept many of his WW2 memories to himself. However I do have his flying log book detailing his training in Lethbridge, Alberta (April to June 1943) and his subsequent time with 192 Squadron (Special Duty Operations) based at Foulsham (April to October 1944) where he served as an Air Bomber. He completed his tour of operations (40 1/2 operational sorties) flying Wellingtons with F/Lt Dixon on 21st October 1944.
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F/Sgt. G. Young DFM. . 97 Squadron (d.21st Jan 1944)
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GE Young . British Army Royal Armoured Corps GE Young served with the Royal Armoured Corps British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: Unfortunately The Wartime Memories Project has lost touch with Dan, his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below.
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