Individual Details

George Leslie Edward YOUNG

(Abt Sep 1900 - 21 Mar 1921)

Events

BirthAbt Sep 1900Fulham, Middlesex, England
Census190123 Lynemouth Street, Fulham, Middlesex, England
Census1911School - 84 Kingwood Road, Fulham, Middlesex, England
Military1921Royal Fusiliers, British Army
Death21 Mar 1921Died of Wounds
BurialAbt Mar 1921Fulham Palace Road Cemetry (Plot 8A K 32), Fulham, Middlesex, England

Families

FatherAlfred HARDING (1868 - 1931)
MotherAlice HARVEY (1870 - )
SiblingLeonard H YOUNG (1892 - )
SiblingMaurice YOUNG (1895 - )
SiblingElsie M YOUNG (1897 - )
SiblingLiving

Notes

Census

Listed as George E L - age: 7 months.

Census

Listed as Leslie

Military

From "Find-a-grave" web-site:
He was a Private in the 1st Bn. Royal Fusiliers
Service No: 6453611

Death

Notes from Find a Grave web-site:

Casualty of the Great War, he died from wounds when ambushed while travelling in a train at Headford County Kerry, during the Irish War of Independence. The guerrilla war in Kerry escalated rapidly in the spring of 1921. The county was occupied by the British Army, Auxiliary Division and Black and Tan paramilitary police, and the ordinary Royal Irish Constabulary police.
The Second Kerry Brigade (South Kerry) of the Irish Republican Army (IRA) ambushed a train carrying British troops at Headford Junction railway station (near Killarney, County Kerry). At least 16 people died in the incident - 10 British soldiers, 2 IRA volunteers and 4 civilians (including an informer killed after the ambush).

He was a Private in the 1st Bn. Royal Fusiliers; Service No: 6453611

Endnotes

1. GRO (England & Wales) Birth Registrations Index, 1900 Sept - Fulham - Vol: 1a Page: 355.

2. 1901 Census of England and Wales , Class: RG13; Piece: 70; Folio: 22; Page: 35..

3. 1911 Census of England and Wales, Class: RG14; Piece: 274 (Household Schedule: 19).

4. UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current (Web-site).

5. Commonwealth War Graves Commission Web-site.

6. UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current (Web-site).

7. Commonwealth War Graves Commission Web-site.

8. UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current (Web-site).