Source: Michael Doyle Their Name Liveth For Evermore: The Great War Roll of Honour for Leicestershire and Rutland.
He was the son of Joseph Edward Young a stone quarry worker, born 1862 in Enderby, Leicestershire and his wife Mary Young (nee Seal, married on the 13th April 1885 in St. James’ Church, Brassington, Derbyshire), born 1861 in Thurcaston, Leicestershire. George William, a schoolboy, was born in the 2nd quarter of 1887 in Enderby, his siblings were, Sarah Elizabeth, a schoolgirl, born 10th December 1885, Albert Edward, born in the 3rd quarter of 1888 and Annie Jane, born 1891, all his siblings were born in Enderby, in April 1891 the family home was at Chapel Lane, Enderby. In March 1901 George was employed as a quarry worker and was residing in the family home at Langton’s Row, Chapel Street, Enderby, together with his father, a granite quarry worker, his mother and siblings, Sarah, a Griswold stocking frame knitter, Albert, Annie, Job, born 1st June 1899 and Amy, born 15th January 1901, the latter two siblings were both born in Enderby. George’s father died on the 20th May 1901 in Enderby, aged 39. In April 1911 George was employed as a stone quarry worker and was residing in the family home at Langton’s Row, Chapel Street, Enderby, together with his widowed mother and siblings, Albert, a farm labourer, Annie, a hosiery trade worker, Job and Amy.
George was awarded the British War and Victory medals. Little is known of George’s service life, save to say that he appears to have been discharged from the Labour Corps at the end of hostilities, and his death is recorded in 1919 in the Blaby, Leicestershire district. Having served with the Nottinghamshire and Derby Regiment prior to transfer to the Labour Corps would indicate that he became unfit for further front line service with an infantry unit, but remained fit enough to undertake behind the lines work, and conjecture would have it that his early death so soon after the end of the war, could have been either indirectly war injury related, or possibly he may have been a victim of the influenza epidemic. His younger brother Albert Edward drowned while on active service in August 1918.