Enlisted Depot Beverley August 1926 , Awarded 3rd Class Certificate of Education Beverley12 October 1926 , 2nd Battalion awarded 2nd Class Certificate of Education 11 March 1927 , Military Medal London Gazette 18 October 1940 , ” On May 20th, when the Battalion was billeted at Plouvain, the enemy shelled the village, one shell falling in the middle of a platoon, killing two men and wounding 12. Corporal Young, as stretcher,bearer Corporal. immediately went to the wounded and carried out first aid. Shells continued to fall in and around the village. Corporal Young, by his coolness and cheerfulness, calmed the wounded, and, after rendering first aid, removed them to a place of safety.” , Prisoner of War number 153523 Stalag 101