Arthur Young
In 1911 he was employed as a farm labourer.
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Arthur Young was born in 1897 at Radcliffe on Trent , he was the son of the late William Thivenall Young a house painter and Rebecca Young néé Morley.
His father was born in 1848 at St Ives, Huntingdon,he died in 1908 at Sleaford, he was 60 yrs of age, his mother Rebecca Morley was born in 1867 at Great Gonerby, Lincolnshire, they were maried on 30th July 1883 at St Johns church Spittlegate, Lincolnshire, they went on to have 9 children.
In 1901, Arthur lived on Mount Pleasant, Radcliffe on Trent, with his father William, 53, a house painter, mother Rebecca (née Morley), 33, and siblings Fanny M. 16, a lace worker, John W. 13, a newsboy, Annie M. 11, Edward B. 10, Bertha, 8, and Samuel T. 1
By 1911 Arthur’s father had died and the family, which included Hilda Young 9, lived with Rebecca’s second husband George Whittaker and their children Florence and George at 70 Manvers Street, Netherfield, Nottinghamshire.
Private Arthur Young, enlisted at Nottingham whilst residing at Netherfield, and served with the 2nd Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment. He landed in France on 5th August 1915 and was killed in action on 14th August 1917. He is commemorated on the Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Belgium.
Arthur's brother William John Young died of wounds 12/7/1916 serving with 1/8th Bn Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derby Regiment)
Thanks to Rosie Collins from the Radcliffe on Trent WW1 Group for this id. A full biography of Arthur Young can be found on their website:
Photo of Arthur Young
Ypres Menin Gate memorial, Belgium, courtesy of the cwgc