The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private G J Young

Inscription - "HIS MEMORY LIVETH FOR EVER"

Private Godfrey James YOUNG, G/21228, 10th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, 8th May 1918, age 31.

Born Erdington, Warwickshire, son of Godfrey James & Sarah A Young, Hebrew Lodge, New Lane, Witton, Birmingham.

14th February 1910, St Peter & Paul Church, Aston Parish, Birmingham, Godfrey James Young, age 22, bachelor, carter, New Lane, Witton, father, Godfrey James Young, Sexton, married Rose Hipkiss, age 24, spinster, 256 Park Lane, Aston, Birmingham, Warwickshire, father Harry Hipkiss, hairdresser.

Children - Godfrey James Young, born 11th September 1910, Aston Manor, Birmingham;

1911 Census - 2 Laburnham Grove, Pugh Road, Aston Manor, Birmingham - Godfrey James Young. head, age 23, married, carter, brewers, worker, born Erdington, Warwickshire; Rose Young, wife, age 25, married 1 year, 1 child, still alive, born Birmingham, Warwickshire; Godfrey James Young, son, age 7 months, born Aston Manor, Birmingham.

Children - William Henry Young, born 8th September 1912, Aston Manor, Birmingham.

Enlisted Birmingham, Warwickshire, age 28 years & 7 months, height 5ft 8½ inches, weight 213lbs. Resided 6, Victoria Terrace, Park Road, Aston, Birmingham, Warwickshire. Formerly carters salesman, (Van Salesman).

Home 11th December 1915 to 22nd September 1917; BEF 23rd September 1917 to 8th May 1918.

11th December 1915, enlisted; 12th December 1915, to Army Reserve; 8th May 1916, mobilized & posted 5th Buffs, Service No.4327; 20th June 1916, posted 2nd/4th Battalion, The Buffs, Service No.4796; 23rd September 1917, embarked; 24th September 1917, disembarked; 24th September 1917, Etaples, 38 Infantry Base Depot; 26th September 1917, transferred to 10th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 1st October 1917, joined Battalion, In the Field; 14th November 1917, to Italy with Battalion; 6th February 1918, Italy, 62 General Hospital, PUO; 4th March 1918 to 19th March 1918, 62 General Hospital; 20th March 1918, Marseilles, 57 General Hospital, PUO; 29th March 1918, Marseille, 16 Convalescent Depot; 28th April 1918, Etaples, Infantry Base Depot, "J"; 5th May 1918, joined Battalion In the Field.

25th November 1918, pension of 25/5 a week awarded to widow & two children.

12th July 1920, Statement of Relatives - Widow, Rose Young, 6, Victoria Terrace, Park Road, Aston, Birmingham; Children - Godfrey James Young, 11th September 1910, 6, Victoria Terrace, Park Road, Aston, Birmingham; William Henry, 8th September 1912, 6, Victoria Terrace, Park Road, Aston, Birmingham; Father, James Young, Hebrew Lodge, New Lane, Witton, Birmingham; Mother, none; Brothers - Douglas Young, age 26, White Swan, Church Street, Oldbury; Bert Young, age 21, 177 Montgomery Street, Sparkbrook, Birmingham; Sisters - none.

Buried at Duhallow Advanced Dressing Station Cemetery, VII. A. 3., Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.

This page was last updated on 27-Aug-2023.