Sidney – Young – Great Western Railway – Lance Corporal – 30/06/1917

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Title

Sidney – Young – Great Western Railway – Lance Corporal – 30/06/1917

Initials / forenames

Sidney

Surname

Young

Railway company

Great Western Railway

Military unit

Royal Warwickshire Regiment, 15th Battalion, A Company

Military rank

Lance Corporal

Military number

15/114

Railway department

Hockley, Goods Department

Railway job

Clerk

Date died

30/06/1917

Magazine reference

Great Western Railway Magazine, July 1917, p182. Photo, June 1918, p94

Memorial

Orchard Dump Cemetery, Arleux-en-Gohelle

Notes

This may be Sidney, the son of William John and Mary Young of 'Meadowcroft', Baker's Lane, Knowle, Birmingham. Age 28.

Information source

St Paul's Cathedral Order of Service 1919; Commonwealth War Graves Commission ; Great Western Railway Magazine (image and research contributed by STEAM: Museum of the Great Western Railway)

Date entered

15/02/2017

Last updated

15/02/2017

Citation

“Sidney – Young – Great Western Railway – Lance Corporal – 30/06/1917,” Fallen Railwaymen, accessed May 13, 2024, https://fallenrailwaymen.omeka.net/items/show/41982.