Samuel Young died of wounds on this day in 1917
Samuel Young was born in West Bromwich, Staffordshire in the 1890. He was the son of John (a brickmaker) and Elizabeth. At the 1891 they lived in Gold's Green, West Bromwich, though ten years later, when Samuel was 10, the family had moved to Tunbridge Wells.
In April 1901 Sam was visiting relatives, the Lloyd family, back in Gold's Green. He married Sarah Elizabeth Barnbrooke in 1902. Edward was born the following year and Rhona five years later. By the time of the 1911 Census the family were living at 20 High Brooms Road, High Brooms, Southborough, Tunbridge Wells.
Sam enlisted into the Sussex Regiment (as 11948) at Tunbridge Wells in the spring of 1916
He transferred to the Leinster Regiment upon embarking on active service.
He saw action during the Battle of Messinesin June 1917.
Samuel was wounded in action during Third Ypres.
On 15th August 1917 he died of his wounds in hospital at Étaples. He is buried in Etaples Military Cemetery, Pas-de-Calais, France.
5492 Pte Samuel Young, 7th Bn. Leinster Regiment