Service No. S/27526
Rifleman, Rifle Brigade, 1st Battalion
Killed in action on 1 November 1918, aged about 25
Born in Clapham; lived in Camberwell, Surrey; enlisted in Lambeth
Remembered at Valenciennes (St. Roch) Communal Cemetery, Nord, France
British Army Service Records
Lived at 22 Grove Hil Road, Denmark Hill
12 December 1915 Joined
30 October 1916 Approved
18 January 1917 Joined battalion
5 March 1917 Admitted to hospital - cause illegible
5 March 1917 Discharged
14 August 1917 Wounded (GSW buttock)
16 August 1917 Hospital
21 September 1917 Posted to Rifle Brigade, 1st Battalion
21 September 1917 Proceded to unit
3 July 1918 Hospital - bronchitis, influenza and penumonia
7 October 1918 Back with Battalion
Medical examination at Camberwell 31 August 1916
5 feet 7 half inches
9.7 stone
chest measurement 37 inches + [illegible] expansion
"Good" physical development
Offences
10 April 1917 Unshaven on parade
3 days confined to barracks
Wife
Fanny May Young
5 Polygon, Clapham Common
23 shillings separation allowance
3s 6d allotment of pay
Son
John Richard James Youngs born 2 July 1916
Effects
Letters
Photos
Pipe
Religious book
Watch
Metal match box cover
Leather chest protector
Pension
20s 5 d a week from 2 June 1919 for widow and child
Form W5080
Youngs' father lived with his daughter and daughter-in-law (and grandson)