Year of birth: 1891

Place of birth: Shipton, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom

Profession: Woollen Mill Worker

Country: England, United Kingdom

Force: British Expeditionary Force

Rank: Private

Service number: 28827

Enlistment date: 11/12/1915

Enlistment place: Halifax, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom

Units:  —  Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment), 8th Bn.  (Last known unit)

Date of death: 01/10/1917

Place of death: Pheasant Trench, Belgium

Cause of death: Killed in action (K.I.A.)

Age: 26

British War Medal Medal — 30/03/1920

Victory Medal Medal — 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.

Ancestry http://home.ancestry.co.uk/ Further reference

CWGC https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/876156/young,-fred-priest/ Sources used

The Long, Long Trail http://www.longlongtrail.co.uk/army/ Sources used

War Diary http://www.nmarchive.com/ Further reference