Lieutenant ALEXANDER YOUNG
South African Infantry
4th Regt.
Died 19 October 1916
Age 44 years old
- Country of Service South African
- Awards Victoria Cross
- Additional Info Son of the late William Young, of Ballinamana, Co. Galway.
- Additional Citation note
An extract taken from the London Gazette dated 8th November, 1901 records the following; "Towards the close of the action at Ruiter's Kraal (South African War). on the 13th August, 1901, Sergeant-Major Young, with a handful of men, rushed some kopjes which were being held by the Boers. Sergeant Major Young then galloped on some 50 yards ahead of his party and closing with the enemy shot one of them and captured Commandant Erasmus, the latter firing at him three times at point blank range before being taken prisoner."
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