The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Sergeant C H A Young

Inscription - "FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH"

Photograph by "Claude Laignel"

Company Sergeant Major Charles Harold Augustus YOUNG, G/502, "C" Company, 6th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, 2nd December 1916, age 28.

Born Maidstone, Kent, son of Charles William and Margaret Young, of 12, Albany Street, Maidstone, Kent.

23rd January 1910,Saint Francis, Maidstone, Kent, married Mary Ann Underwood, spinster, 60 Boxley Road, Maidstone, Kent.

Children - Doris Vera May Young, born 16th March 1910, Maidstone, Kent;

1911 Census - 129 Whales Street, Maidstone, Kent - Charles Harold Augustus Young, head, age 24, married, Blacksmith, Ironmonger, worker, born Maidstone, Kent; Mary Young, wife, age 26, married, 2 years, 1 child still alive, born Webley Hereford; Doris Vera May Young, daughter, age 1, born Maidstone, Kent.

Children - Arthur Young, born 2nd October, 1911, Maidstone, Kent; Josephine Annie Young, born 20th October 1914, Maidstone, Kent.

Previously served 4th West Kent (Territorials), time expired.

Enlisted Maidstone, Kent, age 26 years & 246 days, height 5ft 7½ inches, weight 128lbs, fresh complexion, blue eyes, brown hair.

Home 31st August 1914 to 31st May 1915; BEF 1st June 1915 to 4th July 1916; Home 5th July 1916 to 18th September 1916; BEF 19th September 1916 to 2nd December 1916.

31st August 1914, enlisted; 2nd September 1914, posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 2nd September 1914, posted 6th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 12th September 1914, appointed Lance Corporal; 27th October 1914, promoted Corporal; 11th February 1915, appointed Lance Sergeant; 16th April 1915, promoted Sergeant; 5th August 1915, BEF, being absent from Parade when returning from bathing, severe reprimand; 19th February 1916, wounded in action, slight, at Duty; 29th February 1916, posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 3rd July 1916, 26 Field Ambulance, bomb wound, face & left leg; 4th July 1916, transferred to England, ex No.2. Stationary Hospital, Havre, gun shot wound forehead & left thigh, per Hospital Ship, "Egypt"; 6th July 1916, posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 6th July 1916 to 3rd August 1916, Bath War Hospital, wound right temple and left ??? of face & sprained knee; 12th August 1916, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 19th September 1916, posted BEF & embarked; 19th September 1916, Infantry Base Depot; 1st October 1916, posted 6th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 1st October 1916, joined Battalion, In the Field; 7th October 1916, appointed Acting Company Sergeant Major.

Separation Allowance of 7/3 a week & Allotment of Pay of 4/8 a week payable to widow.

19th June 1917, pension of 9/2 a week awarded to two children (Doris & Arthur), under guardianship of mother Margaret Young.

Buried at Wailly Orchard Cemetery, I. A. 13., Pas de Calais, France.

AWARDS: MM

NOTE: Regimental History & Soldiers Died in the Great War give rank as Serjeant; CWGC web site shows rank as Company Serjeant Major.

London Gazette 14 September 1916.

His Majesty the KING has been graciously pleased to approve of the award of the Military Medal for bravery in the Field to the under mentioned Non-Commissioned Officers and Men:

502 Acting Sjt. C. Young, Royal West Kent Regiment.

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