John Cooper Youngs

An Engineman with H.M.S. Gulf Stream. John died on 16th of July 1942 at the age of 33.

John was born at Gorleston on 22 July 1908, a son of Rowland George and Gertrude Rachael Youngs. In 1911 his family lived at 215 Lowestoft Road, Gorleston.  

On 12 June 1933 John married Muriel Evelyn Bennett at Saint John's Church, Lowestoft. John was living at 66 High Street, Southwold, and working as an ironmonger, and Muriel was living at 79 London Road South. 

In 1939 John and Muriel lived at 86 Lowestoft Road, Great Yarmouth, and John worked as an ironmonger. During the war Muriel lived at White House Farm, Haddiscoe, and subsequently at 128 Waveney Drive, Lowestoft.

The Gulf Stream was a small craft, possibly a launch, based at Alexandria, Egypt. It was lost through enemy action on 16 July 1942 and five crew, including John, died. John died of wounds.

Note: In some online sources the name of John's ship is incorrectly given as 'Guy Stream'.