Année de naissance: 1891

Lieu de naissance: Shipton, Yorkshire, Angleterre, Royaume-Uni

Profession: Ouvrier de la filature de laine

Pays: Angleterre, Royaume-Uni

Force armée: British Expeditionary Force

Rang: Private

Numéro de service: 28827

Incorporation date: 11/12/1915

Incorporation nom de lieu: Halifax, Yorkshire, Angleterre, Royaume-Uni

Unités:  —  Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment), 8th Bn.  (Dernière unité connue)

Date de décès: 01/10/1917

Lieu de décès: Pheasant Trench, Belgique

Cause du décès: Killed in action (K.I.A.)

Âge: 26

British War Medal Médaille — 30/03/1920

Victory Medal Médaille — 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/ Autre référence

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

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

War Diary http://www.nmarchive.com/ Autre référence