Francis (Frank) William Young

Francis (Frank) William Young

Francis Young was born on 1885 at Burcombe Cottages in Chalford. He was the son of John Frederick Young and Jane Alley. John Young was a wood turner and by 1911 was living in France Lynch. Frank went to work at the stick factory in Chalford as a sawyer and 10 years later as a trug finisher. In 1915 he married Margaret Hunt in Oakridge Church.

Francis Young enlisted in Stroud in the Royal Army Medical Corps. He served as a private and died on 13 September 1917 in Yorkshire, having previously served oversees, aged 31, leaving behind a widow Margaret who was then living on Bisley Road in Oakridge Lynch.

He is buried at France Lynch Churchyard.

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