YOUNG, Albert James Cushen

Helles Memorial, Gallipoli TurkeyCredit: CWGC

Private
2nd Battalion
Hampshire Regiment

Albert was born 1887 in Newport the eldest child of Albert & Minnie (nee CUSHEN) YOUNG. In 1901 the family were living at 13 Pallance Road in Northwood.

Albert was a regular soldier having been posted to Aldershot in 1911 with the 1st Battalion of the Hampshire Regiment. Having been deployed to Gallipoli. Albert, aged 27, was listed as Missing Presumed Killed in Action on the 28th of April 1915. It is believed he was coming ashore from the HMT River Clyde during the landings at V Beach when he was killed. His body was never found or identified & so George 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.

Albert is also remembered on the County & Northwood 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.