The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private E M Young

Private Edwin Moses YOUNG, G/24758, 6th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, death presumed on or after, 17th July 1917.

Born Newtown, Bristol, Gloucestershire, son of Caleb & Elizabeth Curtis Young.

1911 Census - 227 Church Road, St George, Bristol, Gloucestershire - Caleb Young, head, age 56, married, leather seller, currier, employer, at home, born Hambrook, Gloucestershire; Elizabeth Curtis Young, wife, age 55, married 32 years, 2 children, both still alive, born Tinsbury, Somerset; Edwin Moses Young, son, age 31, single, shop assistant, worker, at home, born St Phillips, Bristol; Jesse Caleb Young, son, age 28, single, photographer, own account, at home, born St Phillips, Bristol.

Enlisted Bristol, Gloucestershire.

24th December 1919, Probate - Edwin Moses Young, 227 Church Road, Redfield, Bristol, No.24758, Private 6th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment, died 17th July 1917, in France. Administration (with Will) Bristol 24th December to Caleb Young, leather merchant. Effects £588 3s 6d.

Commemorated at Arras Memorial, Bay 7, Pas de Calais, France.

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