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Leslie Turner Young's name appears on the 1945 Service Electoral Register for Collingham but we have not yet traced which branch of the services he served with.
Leslie Turner Young was born in 1910 in Collingham, the son of Albert Young and his wife, Lily (sometimes Lilly) Young (nee Maude). Leslie's father was an Assessor and Collector of Taxes for HM Revenue. In 1911, the family, Albert, Lilly and Leslie, were living in Langwith Avenue Collingham along with Albert's brother in law, Percy Maude, a dental mechanic. Ten years later, when the 1921 census was taken, Albert, Lilly and Leslie were still in Collingham but now had been joined by Albert's mother Annie Young.
The Young family was deeply rooted in Collingham with Albert moving to the village sometime around 1891. Albert appears on numerous electoral rolls and by 1923 Leslie Turner Young also appears living in Langwith Avenue. Until just before the war Leslie is listed in the village electoral rolls, but in 1939, at the time of the National Registration, Lilly is listed living at Briardale, Langwith Avenue, but Leslie is not on the roll. This probably means that he was already serving.
Not yet traced.
After the war, Leslie returned to Collingham and to Langwith Avenue. In 1946 he married Enid Stella Fawcett. Sometime between 1946 and 1950, Leslie and Enid moved within Collingham to live at 56, Brookside, and it was at 56 Brookside that Leslie Turner Yound died on the 20th November 1974.
Biography last updated 29 September 2023 12:01:34.
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