YOUNGS John William Lieut

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Surname: YOUNGS;

Forename(s): John William;

Initials: JW;

Rank: Lieut;

Born in: King's Lynn;

Resided in: King's Lynn18/01/1917;

Previous Battalion: 3 of;

Previous Regiment: S Staffs Regt;

Date of transfer to MGC: 18-Jan-1917;

MGC Branch: Infantry;

MGC Unit: 154 Coy;

Other MGC Unit Served (1): 151 Coy;

Other MGC Unit Served (2): 50 Bn;

Date abroad: 09-May-1916;

Theatre of War: 1;

How killed: DOW;

Where: France;

When killed: 12-Apr-1918;

Other Data: b 3/7/1897
Wd 22/7/1916 at High Wood (S Staffs Regt) GSW left arm
Reported wounded 1/8/1916 - "The MGC Magazine" Nov 1916 p 25 - GSW left arm, compound fracrure
arrived in 151 Coy 8/7/1917
wounded - GSW side (died) in 17 CCS 12/4/1918 - war diary 50 Bn
University of London
Narrative: Lieutenant, South Staffordshire Regiment and Machine Gun Corps Finsbury Technical College. Son of Mr and Mrs J. H. Youngs of The Oak, King's Lynn. Wounded near Neuf Berquin and died of wounds the following day 12th April 1918. Buried at Hazebrouck.
Estate 168/9/6d;

Other Notes: YOUNGS, Lieutenant, JOHN WILLIAM, 3rd Bn. South Staffordshire Regiment attd. 151st Bn. Machine Gun Corps. Died of wounds received near Merville 12th April 1918. Age 21. Son of John H. and S. A. Youngs, of King's Lynn, Norfolk. Was a member of the London University O.T.C. I. A. 30. La Kreule Military Cemetery, Hazebrouck - Nord, France.
NB: DOW with 50 Bn;

Related National Archives files: WO339/39323;

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