- First Name(s):GeorgeEdward
- Surname:YOUNG
- Service Number:SS103987
- Rank:
Stoker 1st Class
- Conflict:WW1
- Service:Navy
- Naval Service:Royal Navy
- Ship:HMS Cressy
- Former Units:None
- Date of Death:22nd September 1914
- Age At Death:24
- Place of Death:Unknown
- Place of Burial:Commemorated on Chatham Naval Memorial, Kent, England, Panel 6.
- Place of Birth:Redditch, Worcestershire
- Home Town:Unknown
- Casualty's Relatives:
Husband of Daisy Maud Young, 29 Dawlish Rd., Bournbrook, Selly Oak, Birmingham
YOUNG George Edward Is Named On These Memorials
Further Information About YOUNG George Edward
Born 30th December 1887.
Appears in the Worcester/Worcestershire Roll of Honour Book for navy casualties located in Worcester Cathedral.
HMS Cressy was the Royal Navy’s first armoured cruiser. The ship was on patrol in the North Sea off the Dutch coast along with three other cruisers when they were spotted by the German submarine U9. At around 06.25 on the morning of 22nd September 1914, U9 attacked first HMS Aboukir and HMS Hogue, successfully sinking both ships. The Captain of HMS Cressy (Captain Johnson) stopped the ship in order to lower boats to rescue survivors from the two sinking ships but immediately got underway when a periscope was sighted. At around 07.20, U9 attacked HMS Cressy with two torpedoes, one of which missed the ship and the other hitting the ship on her starboard side. A third torpedo fired by U9 also hit the ship and she sank within 15 minutes.
Source:http://www.worldwar1.co.uk/cressy.htm
Link still valid 6th August 2024
George Young has no known grave, the photograph available shows his name on Chatham Naval Memorial.