John Francis Young
Canadian recipient of the Victoria Cross
Died when: 36 years 297 days (441 months)Star Sign: Capricorn
John Francis Young VC (14 January 1893 – 7 November 1929) was a Canadian soldier who served in the First World War.Young was a recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
Young was one of the seven Canadians who were awarded the Victoria Cross for their actions on one single day, 2 September 1918, for actions across the 30 km long Drocourt-Quéant Line near Arras, France.
The other six were Bellenden Hutcheson, Arthur George Knight, William Metcalf, Claude Joseph Patrick Nunney, Cyrus Wesley Peck and Walter Leigh Rayfield.
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