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Harrogate Herald - 9th May 1917
The following are men who have sent us the Army
post-card briefly stating that they are well and have received
papers and parcels, or whose letters contain views that have
repeatedly been expressed by other correspondents, but show their
friends that they are all right :
H A Young
[ Also on 20th June 1917, 2nd January 1918, 17th
April 1918 and 24th April 1918 ]
Harrogate Herald - 30th January 1918
Letters
In a letter from France, H A Young
says : I thought I would write and let you know that I am still in
the land of the living, you know, and looking on the bright side of
things, as it is of no use looking any other way such times as
these. We must "pack our troubles in our old kit bags, and
smile, smile, smile". We are billeted in a miserable place away
from everyone, but we have one thing to be thankful for, and that
is, there is a YMCA tent not very far away, and we can buy little
things which we need. It is about ten minutes' walk from where we
are, and we can just slip down after we have finished our day's
work, and enjoy a cup of tea, which we appreciate very much,
especially this cold weather. If we are not on the working parties
we always find plenty to do; as we have several men on detached
work, we have their horses to see to besides our own. We exercise
them in a morning, and clean up in general in the afternoon, so you
can see we have our time well occupied just now. Leave is stopped
for the present, worse luck!. But when it starts again it will not
be long before it is my turn, as I am looking forward to seeing the
old town again and the many friends which I have there.
Harrogate Herald - 13th March 1918
Breare letter
I had a call from Private H A
Young, Yorkshire Dragoons, on Monday. He is son of Mr and Mrs
B Young, Plantation Avenue, Harlow Hill. He returns to France
next Saturday. His brother, Horace Young, has been discharged from
the Army and resides at Esplanade. Private H A Young has been
17 months at the Front. Curiously enough, he had rheumatic fever
before he went out and was often bad at home, but has been better
since he went overseas. Indeed he looked very fit. He was wearing
the three years' service badge.
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