
MANCHESTER
UNIVERSITY WAR MEMORIAL
World
War 1 & 2 - Detailed information
Compiled and copyright © Stephen Nulty 2008

Y
YEARSLEY |
Hubert
Abram |
Second
Lieutenant, 76th Field Company, Royal Engineers. Killed in action
at Amiens 9th April 1918. Son of Jesse Yearsley, of Edleston, Westfield
Road, Runcorn, Cheshire. Born 1884 in Everton, Liverpool. Educated
at Widnes Secondary School and Chester College; Officer Training
Corps, 10th May 1916 to 24th February 1917. Teacher. Gazetted June
1917. Previously wounded. In the 1891 census he was aged 7, born
Liverpool, a Scholar, son of Jesse and Lucy Yearsley, resident Church
Street, Widnes, Prescot, Lancashire. In the 1901 census he was aged
17, born Liverpool, son of Jesse and Lucy Yearsley, resident 30,
Wellington Street, Runcorn, Cheshire. Buried at GENTELLES COMMUNAL
CEMETERY, Somme, France. Grave 15. |
YOUNG |
Frank
Irvin |
Second
Lieutenant, 1st Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers. Killed in action
near High Wood between 24th and 25th July 1916. Aged 32. Son of
Dr. Ralph and Mrs. Mary Jane Young; husband of May (nee Coates)
Young, of Clyde House, Bishop Auckland, married 1914 in Auckland
Registration District, Durham. Born 1884 in Newcastle-on-Tyne. Educated
at Hulme Grammar School, Knutsford Grammar School. Manchester University:
1909; Student, Dentistry. Dental Surgeon. Enlisted February 1915;
Gazetted 12th May 1915. In the 1901 census he was aged 17, born
newcastle-on-Tyne, Northumberland, a Clerk to Shipping Merchant,
son of Ralph and Msry jane Young, resident Park House, Rochdale
Road, Royton, Oldham, Lancashire. Buried in QUARRY CEMETERY, MONTAUBAN,
Somme, France. Plot III. Row D. Grave 5. |
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