Young, Henry (Harry)
Private
No. PO/1339 (S), 2nd Royal Marine Battalion, Royal Naval Division, Royal Marine Light Infantry
Killed in action on Saturday 6 April 1918 (aged 21)
No known grave
Commemorated:
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Pozieres Memorial, France (Panel 1)
Ballygowan Presbyterian Church
Brother of Private George Young (No. 69289)
BIOGRAPHY
Henry Young, known as Harry, was born on 14 August 1896 in Ravara, Ballygowan and he was a son of Hugh and Mary Young (nee Gardiner, sometimes Gardner) who were married around 1884/1885.
The Young family lived in the townland of Ravara, Ballygowan.
Hugh Young worked as a labourer in a stone quarry and Mary Young worked as a seamstress. Hugh and Mary had fourteen children:
Thomas Hugh (born 22 April 1885 in Ravara)
Sarah Jane (born 11 December 1886 in Ravara)
Annie (born 13 November 1888 in Ravara)
Agnes (born 10 October 1890 in Ravara)
George (born 16 June 1892 in Ravara)
William John (born 25 July 1894 in Ravara)
Henry (Harry, born 14 August 1896 in Ravara)
Elizabeth (born 25 May 1898 in Ravara)
Lucy Logan (born 11 June 1900 in Ravara)
Margaret (Maggie, born 19 January 1902 in Ravara)
Mary (Minnie born 12 September 1903 in Ravara)
Barbara (born 25 January 1905 in Ravara)
James (born 12 January 1907 in Ravara)
At least eleven of these children were baptised in Ballygowan Presbyterian Church.
Their mother Mary died at home in childbirth on 30 December 1908 (aged 39). There was no medical attendant and her husband Hugh was with her when she died.
Prior to the outbreak of the Great War, Harry Young worked as a tailor. He served with the Royal Marine Light Infantry and was 21 when he was killed in action on 6 April 1918.
A memorial service for him was held in Ballygowan Presbyterian Church on Sunday 28 April 1918, four days after his brother George was killed in action.
Private Harry Young has no known grave and he is commemorated on the Pozieres Memorial in France and in Ballygowan Presbyterian Church.