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YOULL
These medals are un-named replicas of
those held by Second Lieutenant John Youll VC, 1st Battalion, Northumberland
Fusiliers. He was awarded the Victoria Cross for his actions in World War 1 in
1918, where he was later killed in action.
YOULL, John
Scott.Second Lieutenant. 1st Battalion. Northumberland Fusiliers.
London Gazetted
on 25th July 1918.
VC Medal's
Custodian is unknown.
Born on 6th
June 1897 at Thorncroft, Thornley, County Durham.
Killed in
action on 27th October 1918 during the crossing of the River Piave.
Memorial on
grave at Giavera British Cemetery, Treviso, Italy.
Digest of
Citation reads:
On the 15th in
June 1918, Second Lieutenant Youll was commanding a patrol south-west of Asiago,
Italy, when they came under heavy enemy fire. After ordering his men to return
to safety, he remained to survey the situation. He found that he was unable to
return to his company so he reported to another unit. Here he took command of
several men, all from different units, and held the position against enemy
attack until a machine-gun opened up on his rear. Rushing towards the gun, he
killed most of the crew, captured the gun and opened fire: inflicting heavy
casualties on the enemy. Lieutenant Youll then carried out three separate
counter-attacks, each one resulting in the enemy being driven back.
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