Thomas YOUNG

Main CPGW Record

Surname: YOUNG

Forename(s): Thomas

Place of Birth: Gisburn, Yorkshire

Service No: G/543

Rank: L/Corporal

Regiment / Corps / Service: Buffs (East Kent Regiment)

Battalion / Unit: 'C' Coy 6th (Service) Battalion

Division: 12th (Eastern) Division

Age: 37

Date of Death: 1916-10-07

Awards: ---

CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: Pier and Face 5 D.

CWGC Cemetery: ---

CWGC Memorial: THIEPVAL MEMORIAL

Non-CWGC Burial: ---

Local War Memorial(s): Not Listed (View Names Not Listed on a Local War Memorial)

Additional Information:

Thomas Young was the son of Isaac and Mary Young, née Proudley. Isaac was born at Isham, Northamptonshire and Mary at Cold Hanworth, Lincolnshire.

1891 Wakefield, Yorkshire Census: 66, Ings Road - Thomas Young, aged 11 years, born Gisburn, Yorkshire, son of Isaac and Mary Young.

1911 Doncaster, Yorkshire Census: 14, King Edward Road, Balby - Thomas Young, railway contractor labourer, aged 32 years, born Gisburn, Yorkshire. [Thomas was visiting Edward and Eliza Vallow.]

The British Army Service Record for Thomas Young exists but may be incomplete.

British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte Thomas Young, G/543, East Kent R. Theatre of war first served in: (1) France. Date of entry therein: 1.6.15. K. in A. 7.10.16.

British Army WW1 Medal and Award Rolls: L/Cpl Thomas Young, G/543, 6 Bn E. Kent.

Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: L/Cpl Thomas Young, G/543, 6th Bn E. Kent. Date and Place of Death: 7.10.16. In Action. To whom Authorised/Amount Authorised: Mother and sole legatee - Mary Jessop. £17 9s. 5d.

Data Source: Soldiers Died in the Great War 1914-19 Records

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Entry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record: ---

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