The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private H J Young

Private Henry Jabez YOUNG, G/2173, 7th Battalion, "B" Company, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, death assumed on or after, 13th July 1916, age 21.

Born Pembury, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, son of Albert and Ellen Young, Harcourt Cottages, Pembury, Tunbridge Wells, Kent / Heatherington Cottage, Pembury, Tunbridge Wells, Kent / 32, Newton Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent.

1911 Census - Harcourt Cottages, Upper Green, Pembury, Kent - Albert Young, head, age 44, married, gardener, domestic, worker, born Pembury, Kent; Ellen Young, wife, age 42, married 17 years, 5 children, 4 still alive, born Marylebone, London; Henry Young, son, age 16, single, electrical apprentice, born Pembury, Kent; Clara Young, daughter, age 15, single, born Pembury, Kent; William Young, son, age 12, school, born Pembury, Kent; Leslie Young, adopted, age 10, school, born Pembury, Kent; Ruby Young, daughter, age 3, born Pembury, Kent.

Enlisted Tunbridge Wells, Kent, age 19 years & 331 days, height 5ft 11 inches, fresh complexion, blue eyes, dark hair. Resided Formerly electrician.

Separation Allowance of 4/3 a week & Allotment of Pay of 1/9 a week payable to mother.

Home, 8th September 1914 to 25th July 1915; BEF, 26th July 1915 to 13th July 1916.

8th September 1914, enlisted & posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 9th September 1914, posted 7th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 17th September 1914, appointed Lance Corporal; 18th February 1915, reverts to Private at own request; 26th June 1915 to 4th July 1915, Codford Hospital, sebaceous cyst; 26th July 1915, pposted BEF & embarked; 13th July 1916, posted missing.

11th July 1919, Statement of Relatives - Widow, none; Children, none; Father, Albert Young, 32, Newton Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent; Mother, Ellen Young, 32, Newton Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent; Brothers - William Valentine Young, age 21 years, 32, Newton Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent; Sisters - Clara Young, age 23 years, 32, Newton Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent; Ruby Ellen Young, age 11 years, 32, Newton Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent.

Commemorated at Thiepval Memorial, Pier & Face 11C, Somme, France. / Tunbridge Wells War Memorial.

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