Capt Arthur de Bells Adam (MC)
1885 - 1916

CPL David Wallace Crawford
1887 - 1916

Lce-Corpl John Joseph Nickle
1894 - 1916

Pte 17911 Morton Neill
1897 - 1916

Lieut Edward Stanley Ashcroft
1883 - 1918

Pte 30764 Frederick Albert Young

Age: 27
From: Liverpool
Regiment: 1st Manchester G.B. 19th Btn
Died on Sunday 25th March 1917
Commemorated at: Basra Memorial
Panel Ref: Panel 31 and 64

Frederick Albert Young was born in about September 1889, the son of George Plimmer Young and his wife Matilda Jane (née Thornton). His parents, both born in Liverpool, married in 1883 and had seven children. Frederick had older siblings George, Florence, and Alfred (who died at age 3), and younger sisters Harriet (Hettie), Louisa, and Emily (who died in infancy). His father was a bookkeeper.

The 1891 Census finds the family at Davy Street, Everton. Frederick is just one year old and lives with his parents and two siblings. His father is now 31 years of age and is a warehouse porter, whilst his mother is 30 years of age. His older sioblings are; George aged 7 and Florence aged 5.

In 1901 his mother, Matilda, is head of household, at 8 Lowndes Street, Low Hill, Liverpool with five children; George is 19 and a porter, Florence is 15 and is a general domestic servant, Frederick is 11, Harriet is 7 and Louisa is 6.

The 1911 Census finds the family at 47 Solon Street, Edge Hill, Liverpool. His mother, Matilda, is 49, and now widowed she is recorded as a housekeeper, George, 26, and Frederick, 22, are provision warehouse porters, Florence, 25, domestic duties, Harriet, 18, and Louisa, 15, are packers in a dry soap works.

His mother died just a couple of weeks after the census, in April 1911.

Frederick enlisted in Liverpool in the 19th (Pals) Bn, King’s Liverpool Regiment on 07th January 1915, as Private 24375, giving his age as 25 years and 3 months, and his occupation as storekeeper. He is 5’ 6” tall, with a scar on his right knee.

He was posted to Brigade Depot the same day. His service record shows a posting to the 3rd (Garrison) Bn K.L.R. on 20th July 1915 but the entry is crossed out and he was transferred to the 1st Bn Manchester (Garrison) Regiment Depot on 1st October 1915 with regimental number 30764.

When he was 26, Frederick married Florence Grace Cameron, 24, on 11th December 1915 in St. Phillip’s Church, Liverpool. He gives his occupation as storekeeper and his address as 71 Ennismore Road, Stanley, Liverpool.

The couple lived at 6 Denman Street. No births of children born to the marriage have been found.

He shipped from Devonport on 25th February 1916, and disembarked at Bombay on 17th March 1916.

On 08th December 1916 he embarked at Bombay bound for Basra. He disembarked there on 16th December 1916 and on 29th December he arrived at Amara. He joined his unit in the field about 16th January 1917.

On 5th March 1917 the brigade marched to Aziziya, and arrived on the 7th. By 14th March the battalion had reached the east wall of the city of Baghdad. On the 23rd the Turks were pushed back to Jebel Hamrin. The Allied forces attacked the well-defended positions, with the Manchesters in reserve, until the attack was abandoned and they were used to cover the retirement. General Maude, the theatre commander, praised the actions of the battalion: "The Manchesters specially distinguished themselves by their gallantry and steadiness on this occasion."

Frederick was declared Missing on 25th March 1917. An enquiry was made by his family to the British Red Cross on 20th July 1917.

His death was later assumed, for official purposes, as having occurred on the 25th March 1917, he was 27 years of age, his body was not recovered and he is commemorated on the Basra Memorial.

Until 1997 the Basra Memorial was located on the main quay of the naval dockyard at Maqil, on the west bank of the Shatt-al-Arab, about 8 kilometres north of Basra. Because of the sensitivity of the site, the Memorial was moved by presidential decree. The move, carried out by the authorities in Iraq, involved a considerable amount of manpower, transport costs and sheer engineering on their part, and the Memorial has been re-erected in its entirety. The Basra Memorial is now located 32 kilometres along the road to Nasiriyah, in the middle of what was a major battleground during the first Gulf War. Casualties are listed under the regiment they served with in rank order. The Panel Numbers quoted refer to the initial panel dedicated to the Regiment. If a further panel is quoted, this refers to the Prisoners of War panels.

The pension card appears to show that Florence received official notified of his death in action on 12th November 1917. She was awarded a pension of 13/9d a week from December 1917 and received Frederick’s Army effects, including a War Gratuity of £9-10s.

In 1919 Florence provided information on Frederick’s living relatives. His parents had both died. His brother George, 32, was living at 5 Ealing Road, Aintree, and his three sisters in Claypole Street, Earle Road, Liverpool.

Frederick is commemorated in Liverpool’s Hall of Remembrance, Panel 30.

We currently have no further information on Frederick Albert Young, If you have or know someone who may be able to add to the history of this soldier, please contact us.

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