Rifleman
John Young
Military Details
Service Number: 7758
Regiment & Unit / Ship
9th London Regt. (Queen Victoria's Rifles)
Awards and Medals
The Victory Medal
The British War Medal, 1914-18
Enlistment Details
Place of Enlistment
Carlisle
Residence at Enlistment
44 Duke Street , Cleator Moor
Rank at Enlistment
Pte.
Battalion at Enlistment
9th
Service Number at Enlistment
20903
Personal Details
Date of Birth
2 March 1895
Place of Birth
Scalegill , Moor Row
Religion
C of E
Address
44 Duke Street , Cleator Moor
Residence (Census)
44 Duke Street , Cleator Moor
Residence (Roll of Honour)
44 Duke Street , Cleator Moor
Parents
John & Elizabeth Young (nee Douglas)
Siblings
Thomas , Sarah , Jane, Elsie
Family Connection
Thomas Young
Education and Occupation
School
Moor Row
Occupation
Grocers Assistant
Work Address
Cleator Moor Co-Op
Death and Memorial
Date of Death
25th December 1916
Age at Death
21
Circumstances of Death
Killed in Action
Place of Death
Somme
Theater of Action
France
Regiment at Death
London Regt. (Queen Victoria's Rifles)
Battalion/Vessel at Death
9th
Rank at Death
Rifleman
Buried or Commemorated at
PONT-DU-HEM MILITARY CEMETERY, LA GORGUE
Grave Position: II. D. 9.
Private Memorial: Moor Row War memorial , St Johns Church War Memorial
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