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- Campaign Medals:
Boer War and Natal Medals
Engraved 10979 CPL C YOUNG 60th COY 17th IMPL YEO
Natal 1906: Engraved CPL C O H YOUNG DURBAN MIL RES
Imperial Yeomanry during the Boer War 1899-1902...
60th Company, 17th Battalion, Imperial Yeomanry
60th (North Irish Horse (Belfast)) Company, raised 7 Mar 1900 at Belfast; perpetuated 7 Jan. 1902 by North of Ireland Imperial Yeomanry.
Formed: 1899; Disbanded: 1908
The Imperial Yeomanry was a British volunteer cavalry regiment that mainly saw action during the Second Boer War. Officially created on 24 December 1899, the regiment was based on members of standing Yeomanry regiments, but also contained a large contingent of mid-upper class English volunteers. In Ireland 120 men were recruited in February 1900. It was officially disbanded in 1908.
On 13 December 1899, the decision to allow volunteer forces serve in the Second Boer War was made. Due to the string of defeats during Black Week in December, 1899, the British government realized they were going to need more troops than just the regular army, thus issuing a Royal Warrant on 24 December 1899. This warrant officially created the Imperial Yeomanry.
The Royal Warrant asked standing Yeomanry regiments to provide service companies of approximately 115 men each. In addition to this, many British citizens (usually mid-upper class) volunteered to join the new regiment. Although there were strict requirements, many volunteers were accepted with substandard horsemanship/marksmanship; however, they had significant time to train while awaiting transport.
The first contingent of recruits contained 550 officers, 10371 men with 20 battalions and four companies, which arrived in South Africa between February and April, 1900. Upon arrival, the regiment was sent throughout the zone of operations.
First World War, British War Medal and Victory Medal
Engraved: LIEUT C O H YOUNG
Uniform badges and lieut. pips from Royal Berkshire regiment.
According to Nell Atkin he was gassed in 1st World War
From FindMyPast: British army Records - Regiment????Royal Engineers
Archive?????The National Archives
Series??????Wo 339 - Officers' Services, First World War, Regular Army And Emergency Reserve Officers
Archive reference?WO 339/71957
Accountant in Buenos Aires,
Met Eileen in BA
Orangeman, Mason and Protestant,
- Ancestry, UK and Ireland, Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960
Arrived in Plymouth, England from Buenos Aires on the Andalucia (Blue Star Line), on 26th Apr 1927 - travelling with Eileen Mary Cornish Young, proposed address in UK was Dr O'Kelly, Chipping Norton.
Arrived in Liverpool, England from River Plate, Argentina on the Deseado (Royal Mail Steam Packet Company), on 24th Apr 1930 - travelling alone
- Masonic Record:
Belfast Lodge
EA - Entered Apprentice
FC - Fellow Craft
MM - Master Mason
Dispn (Dispensation ?) - can find 365, per Tony Schofield there are a number of 365 lodges in USA, but perhaps it could be an Orange Order Lodge - look at the Grand Lodge of Ireland website for links to the Orange Order.
According to Nell Atkin, her father had Masonic and Orangemen clothing in his wardrobe in BA!
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