Rawdon Young

Bank: National Provincial Bank of England

Place of work: London office

Died: 11 August 1916

 

Rawdon Morris Young was born on 9 October 1893, the son of the Reverend Evan Morris Young and his wife Kate. In April 1912 he went to work for National Provincial Bank of England as an apprentice at its London office.

 

In November 1914 Young volunteered to join the army but, because he did so without the bank's permission, his salary was stopped immediately. Second Lieutenant Rawdon Morris Young of the Royal Fusiliers was killed in action in France on 11 August 1916. He was 22 years old.

 

Rawdon Young is commemorated on a bank war memorial held at NatWest Group Archives

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