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Adam Young

Adam Young
Rank: 
Private
Regimental number: 
406219
Unit at enlistment: 
36th Battalion
Force: 
C.E.F.
Volunteered or conscripted: 
Volunteered
Survived the war: 
No
Date of death: 
May 3rd, 1917
Cemetery: 
Quatre-Vents Military Cemetery - Pas de Calais, France - I.B.14.
Commemorated at: 
St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Verity Plow Company Memorial Plaque (Toronto)
Birth country: 
Scotland
Birth county: 
Lanarkshire
Birth city: 
Glasgow
Address at enlistment: 
Paris Road, Brantford, Ontario
Next of kin address: 
Paris Road, Brantford, Ontario
Trade or calling: 
Farmer
Employer: 
Verity Plow Co.
Religious denominations: 
Presbyterian
Marital status: 
Single
Age at enlistment: 
19
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Letters and documents

Cause and Place of Death: Killed in Action

BX June 1, 1917

Sergeant Adam Young Reported Killed in Action

Mr. Adam Young, 44 Albion Street, received official word last evening from England that his eldest son, Sergeant Adam Young had been killed in action on May 3. Sergeant Young left here in the infantry battalion commanded by Lt.-Col. E.C. Ashton, and was drafted into another Canadian battalion at the front. Before enlisting, he lived at home with his father on his farm on the Paris road. He was in his 21st year, and is survived by his father, four sisters, a brother, Richard, with the 215th in England, and another brother in Ingersoll. Sergeant Young was active in church work, being a member of St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, where he was a member of the choir and active in the Young People’s Society. 

BX February 1, 1915

Patriotic Service – St. Andrew’s Congregation Said Farewell and Made Presentations to Four of its Members

Twelve members or adherents of St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church have thus far volunteered for active service in the present war and in recognition of the approaching departure of four of these with the third contingent, special service of a patriotic character were conducted on Sunday evening by the pastor, Rev. J.W. Gordon.  The church was filled to capacity, despite the inclement weather, and those who were in attendance were amply repaid by the inspiring service.

Captain Finlay D. Fraser who in command of the Dufferin Rifles’ company now being recruited for active service, and Privates A.G. Austin, Horace Underwood and Adam Young are the volunteers from St. Andrew’s Church, who will leave with the third contingent, and who were honored by the fellow members of their church last evening, each receiving through the pastor, Rev. Mr. Gordon the best wishes of the congregation for Godspeed and a safe return, and as a more tangible expression of their good wishes, a handsome silver wrist watch.

An appropriate sermon was delivered by Rev. Mr. Gordon, in which he emphasized his conviction that the cause of the Allies was righteous.  Britain was not making war on poor, down spirited Austria-Hungary, or on the bankrupt and misdirected Turk, nor even on the German people themselves.  It was to crush Prussian militarism that so much was being and would be sacrificed.  A war, however, continued the speaker, became a holy war when militarism and autocracy, as opposed to democracy, were to be settled by its issue.  To accomplish this end, Britain’s troops must be trained and equipped efficiently, and Mr. Gordon believed that Kitchener would leave no stone unturned to accomplish the purpose of this great catastrophe and bring to a successful termination this greatest of world wars.  Members of his congregation were shortly to leave to fight for a moral and righteous cause, and in the name of God, as a Christian and pastor of St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, he invoked the blessing of the Almighty God that their efforts might be crowned with glory and success.

During the service, Miss Estelle Carey, of Hamilton, delighted the audience with two vocal selections by Dudley Smith.  “I Will Lay Me Down in Peace” and “Fear Ye Not, O Israel.”

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