Harold Clare Young Image

Name

Harold Clare Young

Born

1890-12-20

Birth Place

Lucknow, ON

Occupation

Hardware Merchant

Religion

Wesleyan

Died

1960-12-02

Awards

Distinguished Flying Cross






Service Record 1


Highest Rank

Lieutenant

Conflict

1914-1918

Battalion

39th Battalion

Enlisted

Niagara, ON

Enlistment /Transfer Date

1915-08-11


Service Record 2


Conflict

1914-1918

Battalion

Royal Flying Corps

Enlistment /Transfer Date

1918-02-27

Discharge Date

1920-12-01



Notes

Harold served as a Machine Gun Officer in the Infantry. He was wounded and Invalided to Canada. Returning to England, he transferred to the R.F.C. and acted as an instructor for some months there before going to France as a Flying Officer.




Sources & Links

- (a) The National Archives, U.K. - http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D8245112
- Library & Archives Canada



News Clippings


Walkerton Telescope – January 16, 1919
Walkerton Telescope – January 16, 1919
Canadian Echo Wiarton, January 15, 1919
Canadian Echo Wiarton, January 15, 1919
Walkerton Telescope, May 11, 1916
Walkerton Telescope, May 11, 1916
Walkerton Telescope, October 19, 1916
Walkerton Telescope, October 19, 1916
Walkerton Telescope, August 1, 1918
Walkerton Telescope, August 1, 1918
Walkerton Telescope, July 3, 1919
Walkerton Telescope, July 3, 1919