Lieutenant, Royal Signals
Born: August 1st 1911
Died: July 24th 1945
Age at Death: 33
Died on active service, July 24th 1945
Shooting 8 1927-1928
3rd 15 1928-1929
Edward was born in south-east London on 1 August 1911 to Edward Young and his wife Edith (née Humphry). In 1933 he married Margaret Densham in Deptford, London. At the College, Young was a member of the Shooting VIII in 1927 and 1928. This was an era when the College was the best school for marksmanship in the country, heading the averages in the national shooting competition for schools at Bisley every year between 1926 and 1936. In Young’s first year in the team, the College brought home all eight Bisley trophies.
During the war Young served with the Royal Corps of Signals. At the time of his death he was in 8 Air Formation Signals. Lieutenant Young died in the UK after the war in Europe had finished, but while still serving with the unit, on 24 July 1945, and was buried in the churchyard of St John’s, Coulsdon.