Commemorated: | |||
| 1. Memorial: | Tower Hill Memorial | London | |
| 2. Book: | The (1921) Masonic Roll of Honour 1914-1918 | Pg.137 | |
| 3. Memorial: | The (1940) Scroll - WW1 Roll of Honour | 32C GQS | |
Awards & Titles: | |||
Family :
Born 1875, son of Thomas Young and Sarah Tinmouth. Husband of Mary Chambers Tinmouth (nee Elliot) of 152 Fort Street South Shields.Daughter: Sarah Mack6.
Service Life:
Campaigns:
- The First World War 1914-1918, World-wide.
| Unit / Ship / Est.: Pilot Cutter Protector |
| Action : Naval Campaign |
Naval Campaign is defined as to include all sea operations where attrition rates are in ones and twos and which do not fall within specific naval battles such as Jutland, Coronel, Falklands etc. This includes Merchant Navy losses.
Detail :
The Pilot Cutter "Protector" was reported to have been tasked to escort a ship in to the River Tyne, but hit a mine. Nineteen men lost their lives in the action, all of which are recorded on a plaque at St. Stephen and St. Aiden's Church, South Shields.
See also: The Pilot Online Edition - Protector.
Northern Echo 10th April 1924 A TYNE WAR TRIBUTE - SOUTH SHIELDS TABLET TO BRAVE MEN OF LOST "PROTECTOR." The Tyne Pilotage Authority has placed in St. Stephen's Church, South Shields, a brass tablet in memory of the pilots, pilots' assistants and crew of the Tyne pilot cutter Protector, which was destroyed by enemy action off the mouth of the Tyne, on 31 Dec., 1916.
The Protector was blown up with sight of land on New Year's Eve, every life on board being loast. The even caused a painful sensation in South Shields, where the men lived, but particulars were not published in the newspapers, owing to the censorshiop. the names on the tablet are:-
First class pilots.- John Y. Bone, Thomas H. Marshall, Charles Burn, Robert Phillips, Robert Chambers, W.H. Tinmouth, Thomas Heron, Matthew Young, Wililam Young.
Second class pilot.-John H. Burn.
Pilots' assistants.-J.C. Cree, Leslie Johnston, William Leslie, Ralph Phillips.
Crew.-Thomas Reed, master; W.R. Forster, chief engineer; J.W. Nicholson, steward; Benj. Rumney, cabin boy; James Maconachie, fireman.
The tablet also records the names of two pilots' assistants, Septimus Sloane, s.s. Phare, and Hilton Young, ss. Spennymoor, who lost their lives at sea through enemy action.
The tablet, which was unveiled by Capt. C.K. Sergent, chairman of the Tyne Pilotage Authority, is being placed beside a memorial erected many years ago by the Tyne Lifeboat Institution in honour of the pilots who lost their lives by the capsizing of the lifeboat Providence, when attempting to rescue the crew of the Betsy, on 4 Dec. 1849."
See also: North East War Memorials Project.
Masonic :
| Type | Lodge Name and No. | Province/District : |
|---|---|---|
| Mother : | Hadrian No. 1970 E.C. | Durham |
Initiated | Passed | Raised |
7th March 1911 | 6th June 1911 | 19th September 1911 |
Source :
The project globally acknowledges the following as sources of information for research across the whole database:
- The Commonwealth War Graves Commission
- The (UK) National Archives
- Ancestry.co.uk - Genealogy, Family Trees & Family History online
- ugle.org.uk - The records of the United Grand Lodge of England including the Library and Museum of Freemasonry
Additional Source:
- Founder Researchers : Paul Masters & Mike McCarthy
- Researcher : Bruce Littley