Military Chat

I have been trying to find the military record of my Grandfather who served in the Royal Scotts during WW1, he fought in the trenches in France and was a radio operator. I have done some searches but had no luck so far. His name was David Baird Young born March 28th 1896 in Hamilton. He survived WW1. He would have been a coal miner at the time of his enlistment.
Any help would be much appreciated.

http://www.theroyalscots.co.uk/help-on-research/ says that as there is no longer a Regimental Headquarters of The Royal Scots, they can't help with finding records. The page directs you to the National Archives or Ancestry.

If the records were transfered before WW2, its possible that his were amongst those destroyed during WW2 bombing and subsequent fire.

The medal cards were stored elsewhere. The only ones for David B Young are

David B Young
Regiment or Corps: Royal Army Medical Corps
Regimental Number: 72124

David B Young
[Ben Young]
Regiment or Corps: Royal Field Artillery
Regimental Number: 197447

Name: David B Young
Regiment or Corps: Machine Gun Corps
Regimental Number: 67235

There are over 1000 David Young names in total, including those with a different middle initial

Is there any chance that he remained in the Army after 1920? Those records are still with the MOD

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Name: David Young
Military Year: 1914-1920
Rank: Private
Medal Awarded: British War Medal and Victory Medal
Regiment or Corps: The Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment)
Regimental Number: 2110
Previous Units: 10th. R. Scots. 2110. Pte.

Name: David Young
Military Year: 1914-1920
Rank: Private
Medal Awarded: British War Medal and Victory Medal
Regiment or Corps: The Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment)
Regimental Number: 4456
Previous Units: 8th. R. Scots. 4456 Pte.

David Young
Military Year: 1914-1920
Rank: Private
Medal Awarded: British War Medal and Victory Medal
Regiment or Corps: The Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment)
Regimental Number: 11875
Previous Units: 11th. R. Scots. 11875 Pte.

David Young
Military Year: 1914-1920
Rank: Sergeant
Medal Awarded: British War Medal and Victory Medal
Regiment or Corps: The Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment)
Regimental Number: 16234
Previous Units: 2nd. R. Scots. 16234. Sjt., 13th. R. Scots. 16234. Sjt.

David Young
Military Year: 1914-1920
Rank: Private
Medal Awarded: British War Medal and Victory Medal
Regiment or Corps: Scots Guards
Regimental Number: 10848
Previous Units: 10848. Pte. 1 SG.

And that's only a few of the results. There are hundred's more

Many thanks for your help, the medal card entries look like a good starting point, those first 4 entries you listed look promising . As far as i know je left the army after the war and returned to mining, he married on 1919, my mother was born in the same year, they lived in Musselburgh .
I wish I had more information, but unfortunately there seems to be zero paperwork anywhere in the family.
Thanks again!

What were his parents' names?

The parents of David Baird Young were:
Margaret Baird born 26th March 1858 ,Lanarkshire
George Young born Scotland, Drowned at sea. They married August 2nd 1878 in Overton . George Young had deserted his wife before David was born.

They didn't remain in Scotland- 1939 register:

Young Household (4 People) Glencoe Efford Road , Plymouth C.B., Devon, England

David B Young 28 Mar 1896 Male Manufacture Hairdressing Equipment Married
Helen Y W A Young 22 Jun 1898 Female Unpaid Domestic Duties Married
Closed Record
Closed Record
Ronald C Young 25 Nov 1928 Male At School Single
Closed Record
John A Russell 03 May 1902 Male Operative Bakers Bread & Confectioner Single
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1901?
1901 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
130, Glasgow Road, Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland

Alexander Baxter Head Married Male 40 1861 Coal Miner Larkhall, Lanarkshire,
Maggie Baxter Wife Married Female 43 1858 - Cambusnethan, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Mary Young Step Daughter Single Female 7 1894 - Larkhall, Lanarkshire, Scotland
David Young Step Son - Male 5 1896 Scholar Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland

(Edit, Mary born 1884 on Ancestry transcription)

Could he have signed up in his step-father's name?

Medal Index Cards Transcription
First name(s) David B
Last name Baxter
Service number 51364
Rank Private
Corps Royal Scots
Service record Soldier Number: 51364, Rank: Private, Corps: Royal Scots
Archive reference WO372/2
Image link http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/SearchUI/Details?uri=D1234233
Record set World War One British Army medal index cards
Category Military, armed forces & conflict
Subcategory First World War

Thank you AustinQ , I know the family history as to where they lived etc.
I suppose there is every possibility that he signed up under his stepfathers name, but I have not come across him ever using it before. If that initial B in the military record is Baird I would be fairly certain it was him, not a very common combination of names I wouldn't have thought, the regiment is right too... thank you very much !

The image for the David B Baxter card says that he was given the British and Victory medals.

Their transcription

David B Baxter
Regiment or Corps: The Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment)
Regimental Number: 51364

EDIT - sorry, meant to say the image was on Ancestry & it's their transcription

Thank you very much for getting that information, I really appreciate that !