HARRY ALFRED YOUNG 

Harry A. Young is remembered on the Weaverham Methodist Chapel Memorial. The Chapel Memorial records twenty five names of the “Fallen,” this is assumed that the lads attend the chapel or their family did. Twenty of the lads named are on the main “Fallen” Memorial at St. Marys, five are not, Harry Young is one of the five.

Young Harry A; The Northwich WW1 R.o.H. Booklet records a Henry Alfred Young, with the Royal Warwickshire Reg’t., 14th Bat. No 34416 Pte, died on the 26/10/17. Also named on the Hartford Memorial but no other details.

The C.W.C.G. remember a H. A. Young, Service No 34416, with the Royal Warwickshire Regiment 14th Bn. Died on the 26th Oct. 1917. He is remembered at the TYNE COT CEMETERY, LVII.A.20. Belgium. There is no reference to his family.

Cheshirebmd does not record the birth of any lads named Harry A. Young, Henry A. Young or Harold Young in Cheshire in the years 1875/1900. Noting that the Guardian Article states he is just 19 in 1917, therefore born 1898+/-1year.

N.A.M.C. have 3 medal cards for lads named Harry A. Young including the lad with the Royal Warwickshire Regiment No 34416 Pte. The medal card added very little to this lads story. No Theatre of War, no Date of Entry, medals awarded were the Victory and British. The medal card does not state he had died/killed which leaves you wondering, but then….

Northwich Guardian 9th Nov. 1917, Missing Private Harry Alfred Young.

Information reached Mr. and Mrs. John Young of Green Villas, Hartford on Monday that their youngest son, Private Harry Alfred Young of the Royal Warwick Regiment, was missing. Private Young’s officer writes;- “It is with much regret that I have to inform you that after recent operations in which this battalion took part your son, Private H.A. Young has been reported missing. I am sorry I cannot give you any further information concerning him at present, but we hope his whereabouts will be ascertained later. He will be greatly missed by his comrades, by whom he was highly respected and I would personally like to convey to you my sincere sympathy in your present trouble, although I trust he will be restored to us in the near future.”Private Young is 19 years of age and he is one of seventeen employees who have joined the forces from Messrs Price’s Store. He was employed as a baker at the Hartford branch. He was a regular attender at the Hartford Wesleyan Church, and was a member of the Bible Class. He received his early education at Tarporley British Schools and from there he went to Weaverham Council School. His father is also employed as a baker at the Hartford Branch of Messrs Price’s Stores and he has two brothers, both of whom have been rejected


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