Individual Details
Samuel YOUNG
(Abt Oct 1884 - 25 Nov 1916)
Events
| Birth | Abt Oct 1884 | Chalgrove, Oxfordshire, England |  | ||
| Baptism | 25 Dec 1884 | Chalgrove, Oxfordshire, England | | ||
| Census | 1891 | Scholar - Chalgrove, Oxfordshire, England | | ||
| Census | 1901 | General Labourer - Farm - 33 Blewitts Cottages, New Road, Hornchurch, Essex, England |  | | |
| Census | 1911 | Engine Driver - Steam Ploughing - Roke, Oxfordshire, England | | | |
| Military | To 25 Nov 1916 | Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Royal Berkshire) Regiment, British Army | | | |
| Death | 25 Nov 1916 | France | | |
Families
| Father | Samuel YOUNG (1837 - 1890) |
| Mother | Sarah BALLARD (1840 - 1920) |
| Sibling | William James YOUNG (1863 - ) |
| Sibling | Paul YOUNG (1866 - 1945) |
| Sibling | Harry YOUNG (1871 - 1940) |
| Sibling | Peter YOUNG (1874 - 1958) |
| Sibling | Elizabeth Ann YOUNG (1877 - 1952) |
| Sibling | Albert YOUNG (1879 - 1950) |
| Sibling | Daniel YOUNG (1881 - 1963) |
Notes
Census
Listed as "Brother" but nobody else in the household.Census
Listed as a visitor in the following household:Henry Beale 49 - Head - Farm Labourer - born: Cholsey, Berks
Charlotte Beale 41 - Wife (married 22 years - 3 children 2 still alive 1 has died) - House wife - born: Blewbury, Berks
Rose Beale 21 - Daughter - (Single - 2 children 1 still alive 1 has died) - Unemployed - born: Wallingford, Berks
Alice Beale 1 - Granddaughter - - born: Roke, Oxon
Military
From UK, Soldiers died in the Great War:Name: Samuel Young
Birth Place: Walgrove, Oxon (sic)
Residence: Wallingford, Berks
Death Date: 25 Nov 1916
Death Place: France and Flanders
Enlistment Place: Reading
Rank: Private
Regiment: Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Royal Berkshire) Regiment
Battalion: 1st 4th Battalion
Regimental Number: 5793 (sic)
Type of Casualty: Died of wounds---
From CWGC Website:
Name: Private YOUNG, S
Service Number: 5795
Died: 25/11/1916
Regiment: 4th Bn. - Royal Berkshire Regiment
From British Army WWI Medal Rolls Index Cards:
Name: Samuel Young
Corps: R. Berks R.
Rank: Private
Regimental No: 5795
Victory & British Medals: Roll: L/105 B21 - Page: 3603
Remarks: Deceased
O i/c Inf. Records Warwick requests instructions for disposal of medals 16/6/21
Death
From CWGC Website:Name: Private YOUNG, S
Service Number: 5795
Died: 25/11/1916
Regiment: 4th Bn. - Royal Berkshire Regiment
Grave Registration Report Form:
Section: G R Unit 23 - Report 1 - Schudule: 13.C - Commune: Grand Qeuvilly - Place of burial: St. Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen
Date: 31 March 1918
Regiment: 4/R. Berk. R.
No: 5795
Name: Young
Rank/Initials: Private S.
Date of death: 25 November 1916
Cross erected: E
Map Reference: R 8
Index No Fr. 146 St. Sever Cem. Extn. Part V. U.K. S-Z
Young, Pte. S., 5795. 4th Bn. Royal Berkshire Regt. 25th Nov., 1916. O. II. R. 8.
Headstone Inscription:
Badge design/Layout: 1008/1A
Number & Ran: 5795 Private
Initials, Name: S. Young
Regiment: Royal Berkshire Regiment
Date of death: 25 November 1916
Age: None
Religious Emblem: Cross
Plot/Row/Grave: 0 2 R 8
No of stone: 356
No personal inscription.
Endnotes
1. GRO (England & Wales) Birth Registrations Index, 1884 Oct/Dec - Thame - Vol: 3a Page: 742.
2. Oxfordshire, England - Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813 - 1915, Oxfordshire Family History Society; Oxford, Oxfordshire, England; Anglican Parish Registers; Reference Number: PAR57/1/R2/2.
3. 1891 Census of England and Wales, Class: RG12; Piece: 1160; Folio: 4; Page: 2;.
4. 1901 Census of England and Wales , Class: RG13; Piece: 1656; Folio: 54; Page: 16.
5. 1911 Census of England and Wales, Class: RG14; Piece: 6520; Schedule Number: 94.
6. UK, Soldiers Died in the Great War, 1914-1919, Name: Samuel Young.
7. Commonwealth War Graves Commission Web-site, Young, S (5795).
8. British Army WWI Medal Rolls Index Cards, 1914-1920, Name: Samuel Young - Regimental Number: 5795 .
9. UK, Soldiers Died in the Great War, 1914-1919, Name: Samuel Young.
10. Commonwealth War Graves Commission Web-site, Young, S (5795).