Geburtsjahr: 1891

Geburtsort: Shipton, Yorkshire, England, Vereinigtes Königreich

Beruf: Arbeiter in der Wollspinnerei

Land: England, Vereinigtes Königreich

Truppe: British Expeditionary Force

Rang: Private

Dienstnummer: 28827

Einberufung datum: 11/12/1915

Einberufung ort: Halifax, Yorkshire, England, Vereinigtes Königreich

Einheiten:  —  Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment), 8th Bn.  (Letzte bekannte Einheit)

Sterbedatum: 01/10/1917

Sterbeort: Pheasant Trench, Belgien

Todesursache: Im Kampf gefallen

Alter: 26

British War Medal Medaille — 30/03/1920

Victory Medal Medaille — 30/03/1920

Private Fred Priest Young served in the Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment), 8th Battalion, part of the 32nd Brigade, of the 11th (Northern) Division. The Division participated in the Third Battle of Ypres (31 July 1917 – 10 November 1917) and had already seen action during the Battle of Langemarck and the Battle of Polygon Wood, both stages of the Third Battle of Ypres.

On the 28th of September 1917 the 8th West Ridings moved into the frontline to the southeast of the village of Langemark. They relieved a Battalion of the Yorkshire Regiment and took up positions in Pheasant Trench, in anticipation of the upcoming Battle of Broodseinde on the 4th of October 1917.

On the 1st of October the Battalion suffered two casualties, while holding the trenches near Pheasant Farm. Two men were killed in action. The two soldiers who were killed in action were 28-year-old Private James Simpson and 26-year-old Private Fred Priest Young. Both soldiers have no known grave and are remembered on the Tyne Cot Memorial.

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