Birth: April-June 1917 Steyning, Sussex, UK
Father: Joseph John Young 1891-1963
Mother: Mabel Peters 1892-1986
Christening: Unknown
Marriage: Believed not married
Death: 6 April 1941 North Atlantic 54º34'N, 21º20'W
None known
Birth of Joseph J C Young, mother's maiden name Peters, in FreeBMD in April-June 1917 in Steyning (2b 366).
Entry in Ancestry UK, Commonwealth War Graves, 1914-1921 and 1939-1947 for Joseph John Christopher Young born in 1918, parents Joseph John and Mabel Young, service number P/WRX 373 on Naval Memorials United Kingdom Part X. "Young, Telegraphist Joseph John Christopher P/WRX 373 RNV (Wireless) R. H.M.S .Comorin. 6th April, 1941. Age 23. Son of Joseph John and Mabel Young, of Shoreham-bySea, Sussex. Panel 61, Column1."
Entry in Ancestry England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966 for Joseph John Christopher Young died 6 April 1941 in Sussex, probate 11 September 1941 in Lewes. "Young Joseph John Christopher of 11 Eastern-avenue Shoreham-by-Sea Sussex died on or since 6 April 1941 on war service Administration Lewes 11 September to Mabel Young widow. Effects £307 2s. 3d." I cannot find any record of his marriage and his father was still alive so I assume that "widow" is an error.
Entry in Attree Family History for Joseph John Christopher Young born in Steyning, Sussex in 1917, parents Joseph John Young and Mabel Peters, aTelegraphist, P/WRX 373, in the Royal Navy, killed in action on 6 April 1941 on Armed Merchant Cruiser H.M.S. Comorin (F 49), Portsmouth Naval Memorial Panel 61, Column 1. On 6 April 1941 HMS Comorin (Capt. John Ignatius Hallett, DSO, RN (retired)) caught fire in heavy weather in the North Atlantic and had to be abandoned. 20 dead and 455 survivors. The wreck was shelled and sunk in position 54º34'N, 21º20'W the next day by the British destroyer HMS Lincoln (G 42).
Joseph John Christopher Young was the second cousin twice removed of Ellen, wife of Thomas Paine, my eighth cousin three times removed.
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