Joseph Eric Young

Rank:SergeantNumber:5997
Ship/Rgn/Sqn No:20th Bn
Name of Rgt or Ship:Royal Fusiliers (City of London Rgt)
Died:20/07/1916Age:30
How Died:Killed in Action
Country of burial:France
Cemetery or Memorial:Thiepval Memorial, Somme
Town Memorial:Sale
Extra Information:
Born at Manchester on the 26th July 1885, the son of Alexander & Elizabeth
Ann Lizzie) Young (nee Stephenson).   Baptised at the Wesleyan Methodist 
Chapel, Plymouth Grove, Manchester. 

1891 Census - 55 Lansdown Road, Didsbury, Manchester.    Son - aged: 5 -
born: Lancashire.    Head of household - Alexander Young - Married - aged:
41 - occ: Glove Buyer - born: Ireland.    Also Elizabeth Young - Wife -
aged: 50 - born: Ireland.   Plus 4 siblings, maternal grandmother and 1
domestic servant.

1901 Census - 23 Clyde Road, Withington, Manchester.   Son - aged: 15 -
born: Manchester.    Head of household - Alexander Young - Married - aged:
51 - occ: Glove Merchant - born: Ireland.    Also Elizabeth Young - Wife -
aged: 50 - born: Ireland.   Plus 4 siblings and 1 domestic servant.

1911 Census - "Sandiway House, Sandiway, Ashton upon Mersey.    Son - aged:
25 - occ: Chartered Accountant - born: Manchester.   Head of household -
Alexander Young - Married - aged: 61 - occ: Director of Drapery Warehouse -
born: Co. Sligo, Ireland.    Also Elizabeth Ann Young - Wife - aged: 60 -
born: Co. Sligo, Ireland.   Plus 3 siblings and 2 domestic servants.

Attended Manchester Grammar School between 1896 and 1900, winning prizes
for modern languages.

Enlisted at Manchester in 1914.  Promoted to the rank of Sergeant before
being drafted to France.   

Listed in the 09/04/1917 edition of the Macclesfield Courier that states he
resided at Sandiway, Ashton upon Mersey.   Also commemorated on the
Institute of Chartered Accountants of England and Wales.
Memorials found on:
St. Martin's (Ashton on Mersey)St. Mary's (Ashton on Mersey)
Manchester Grammar School
Manchester Reform Club
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