BORN HULL 1883. SON OF WILLIAM YOUNG. MARRIED IN HULL, ON 26/03/1905. HUSBAND OF GERTRUDE (MOORE) & 2 CHILDREN, HILDA AND JOHN AT 3 GLADSTONE TERRACE, ST PAUL STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS) AND 2 ROBERTA GROVE, CENTRAL STREET, HULL (ARMY RECORDS ADDRESS). EMPLOYED AS A HOUSE PAINTER.
HE ENLISTED IN THE 12TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT (HULL PALS, ON 12/09/1914. SERVED IN EGYPT. POSTED TO FRANCE ON 07/03/1916. SAW ACTION AT SERRE ON THE SOMME AND OPPY WOOD, ARRAS. TRANSFERRED TO THE 7TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT, ON 08/02/1918. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 25/03/1918, AGED 35. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE ARRAS MEMORIAL.
HE LEFT A WIDOW AND TWO CHILDREN. HIS BROTHER, LIVED AT 11 GORDON AVENUE, CANON STREET, HULL & SISTER HARRIET, LIVED AT 9 SIDNEY TERRACE, WATERLOO STREET, HULL
