YOUNG, Charles Bertram

Helles Memorial, Gallipoli TurkeyCredit: CWGC

Private
2nd Battalion
Hampshire Regiment

Charles was born 1895 in Newport to Harry Stephenson & Annie Louisa (nee ELDRIDGE) YOUNG. In 1911 the family were living at 5 Lukely Place, Carisbrooke Road in Newport.

Charles, aged 18, was listed as Missing Presumed Killed in Action on the 13th of August 1915. His body was never found or identified & so Charles is commemorated by the Commission on the Helles Memorial to The Missing at Gallipoli in Turkey alongside 20,961 of his First World War comrades.

Charles is also remembered on the County & Newport Borough War Memorials.

CWGC Casualty Record

Cemetary

Sons & Daughters Commemorated Far From Home

Those from the Newport & Carisbrooke area who are buried or commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission outside of the area, both in the UK and in other countries.

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The image is of the Tyne Cot Military Cemetery & Memorial in Belgium.