PERSONAL INFORMATION Name: YOUNG, William DOB: About 1923. Possibly 1922 4th Quarter, Manchester Lancashire, mother's maiden name McDonough Place of Birth: Manchester Residence: Manchester Trade/Profession: Parents: Possibly William Young and Catherine Young nee McDonough; married 1917 4th Quarter, Chorlton, Lancashire Wife: Photo: SERVICE Army/Personal Number: 2723212 Rank: Guardsman Regiment/Battalion: Irish Guards, 2nd Armoured Battalion As at 01/09/1939: Enlisted: Guardsman Soldier's Will: Pre-embarkation list, May 1944: Ref CASUALTY CWGC Link: Casualty Details CWGC Certificate: Theatre of War: Western Europe Campaign, 1944/45 Date of Death: 17/09/1944 Age at Death: 21 Casualty Type: Killed in Action Memorial Photo: Memorial Reference: Panel 3. Panel Photo: Memorial Registration: Panel List: Army Casualty List (WO 417): 2723212 Guardsman Young, W 1944 Irish Guards 2723212 Guardsman Young, W 1945 Irish Guards The Times Casualty List: published MEDALS Campaign Medals: Medal Roll Details: REFERENCES War Diaries: War Diary: 2nd Armoured Battalion IRISH GUARDS, Jan - Dec 1944 Archive Files: WO 417 Publications: Accounts: War Memorial: Newspaper: Websites: Irish Guards: Roll of Honour - WWII Open Resource Group GROESBEEK MEMORIAL, HOLLAND
THE BRITISH ARMY IN NORTH-WEST EUROPE 1944-45 (BU 925) IWM Catalogue number: BU 925 Object description: Sherman tanks of the Irish Guards Group advance past others which were knocked out earlier during Operation 'Market-Garden', 17 September 1944.
THE BRITISH ARMY IN NORTH-WEST EUROPE 1944-45 (BU 926) Catalogue number: BU 926 Object description: A Sherman Firefly tank of the Irish Guards Group advances past Sherman tanks knocked out earlier during Operation 'Market-Garden', 17 September 1944.