Frank Edward Young (VC)


Frank Edward Young VC was a recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.

The son of a serving soldier in the Bedfordshire Regiment, Frank Young was born in Cherat, British India in October 1895. Having returned to Britain for his schooling, he joined the Hitchin Company of the Hertfordshire Regiment as a Boy Bugler in November 1909, serving as a parttime territorial soldier.

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