Personal Details Born: 7 August 1873 in Newhall, Cheshire. Family: He was the fourth of nine children born to William Young, a farmer, and his wife Elizabeth. He had four brothers, Thomas, William, Charles and Harold and four sisters, Elizabeth, …
Personal Details Born: 6 April 1901 in Whitchurch, Shropshire. Family: He was the sixth of nine surviving children born to John Young, a bricklayer, and his wife Mary Ellen. He married Jane Reeves in 1937 in Whitchurch and together they …
Personal Details Born: 30 December 1894 in Whitchurch, Shropshire. Family: His mother and father were John and Mary Ellen Young and he had six brothers and sisters Nellie, James, William, Irene, Doris and Gwendoline. He married Florence Benting in 1915 …
The Military Cross is the third-level military decoration awarded to officers and (since 1993) other ranks of the British Armed Forces, and used to be awarded to officers of other Commonwealth countries. The Military Cross is granted in recognition of …