The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private W J Young

Private William John YOUNG, L/9083, 2nd Battalion Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, died of disease at Busra, with Mesopotamia Expeditionary Force, 10th July 1916, age 23.

Born Woolwich, Kent, son of Henry and Sarah Ann Young, 2, Nile Cottages, Free Ferry, Woolwich, London.

1st November 1907, New Cross, Kent, enlisted age 17, height 5ft 7 inches, weight 112lbs & posted 3rd Battalion, 7199, Special Reserve, Royal West Kent Regiment;

14th October 1908, enlisted Regular Army, age 18 years & 6 months, height 5ft 4½ inches, weight 126lbs, fresh complexion, grey eyes, brown hair, horses head in shoe, Tombstone In Memory Of our dear Violet, 2 females & a boy left forearm, Baseing? man W Skinner, anchor, hope, head of man & horse shoe, right forearm.

Resided 2, Nile Cottages, Free Ferry, Woolwich, London. Formerly drapers shop porter.

1911 Census - Military, India - William John Young, Private, age 20, single, 2nd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment, Soldier, born Woolwich.

Home 14th October 1908 to 4th January 1911; India 5th January 1911 to 31st January 1915; MEF 1st February 1915 to 10th July 1916.

14th October 1908, enlisted & posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 19th Octobcr 1908, posted 1st Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 16th to 21st September 1909, Dover Hospital, Balamitis; 28th September to 6th October 1909, Aldershot Hospital, Catarrh; 5th January 1911, posted India & 2nd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 21st July 1911, 3rd Class Certificate of Education; 22nd May 1912 to 28th May 1912, Peshawar Hospital, sand fly fever; 3rd September 1912 to 13th September 1912, Peshawar Hospital, bitten; 8th September 1913 to 19th September 1913, Peshawar Hospital, malaria; 23rd October 1913 to 25th November 1913, Peshawar Hospital, malaria transferred to Multan; 26th November 1913 to 28th November 1913, Multan Hospital, malaria; 28th December 1913 to 9th January 1914, Multan Hospital, malaria; 25th January 1914, Multan, striking a native, 14 days confined to Barracks; 26th May 1914 to 2nd June 1914, Dalhousie Hospital, malaria; 23rd August 1914, certificate of Swimming; 1st September 1914 to 7th September 1914, Multan Hospital, malaria; 30th January 1915, Bombay, embarked; 1st May 1915, damaging his emergency ration, 7 days confined to Barracks; 6th February 1915, Basrah, disembarked; 15th October 1915, Nasiriyah, admitted to 3 General Hospital; 30th October 1915, discharged Hospital; 25th June 1916, reported dangerously ill;

18th June 1919, Statement of Relatives - Widow, none; Children, none; Father, Henry Young, 2, Nile Cottages, Free Ferry Appooach, Woolwich, London. SE18.; Mother, Sarah Ann Young, 2, Nile Cottages, Free Ferry Appooach, Woolwich, London. SE18.; Brothers - Henry Young, age 24, 29 Gough Street, Woolwich; Sidney Young. aage 17, 2, Nile Cottages, Woolwich; Sisters - Sarah Ann Polish?, age 33, 3, Nile Cottages, Woolwich; Beatrice Thomas?, age 28, 28 Glass Yard, Woolwich; Gertrude Young, age 22, 78 Reidhaven Road, Olumstead; Ada Florence Cohen, age 21, 63 Marmadon Road, Plumstead.

Buried at Basra War Cemetery, VI. P. 7., Iraq.

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