Young, Frank Irwin | Universities at War

Personal details

Badges and Insignia -Northumberland Fusiliers. Image kindly provided by Wartime Memories Project.

Name on Memorial:

Young, F. I.

Forename(s):

Frank Irwin

Surname:

Young

Date of Birth:

Sunday, January 13, 1884

Date of Death:

Tuesday, July 25, 1916

Age at Death:

University life

College:

College of Medicine, Newcastle upon Tyne

Staff or Student:

Student

Military Service

The information displayed here is at the time of death.

Rank:

Second Lieutenant

Service:

Army

Unit:

Northumberland Fusiliers, 1st Battalion

Prisoner of War:

Military Training:

University Officers' Training Corps, College of Medicine

Theatre of War:

France and Flanders

Biography

Frank was born in Jesmond, Newcastle, to Dr. Ralph Young. Frank attended Rochdale Higher Grade School, and then Oldham Hulme Grammar School from 1896 to 1899. He began his studies in Medicine in the academic session 1912-1913, but left to join the war effort.

He was married to May, of Clyde House, Bishop Auckland, in 1914, and fathered a daughter in early 1916.

Frank was granted a commission with the 1st Battalion of the Northumberland Fusiliers in February 1915, and was most likely a reserve member prior to the war. He deployed to France on the 11th May 1916. Frank was killed in action in July 1916, aged 32 years old. This was during the Battle of Delville Wood phase of the Somme, which lasted from 15th July to 3rd September 1916.

Frank's brother Henry also died in the war.

Addresses before and during the war

Place of Burial or Battle Site Memorial

Quarry Cemetery Montauban

Memorials

Additional images

Research information

Sources:

UK Census registers, National Archives (available via Ancestry.co.uk)

UK Military Service Records, National Archives (available via Ancestry.co.uk)

Newcastle University Archives (Roll of Service, College of Medicine Calendars, The Medical Gazette)

Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Researched by:

Ben Howson, Alan Calendar, Charlotte Hathaway.