Albert Young was a local coal miner, the eldest son of William and Catherine Young of Llangynidr Road, Beaufort. He traveled to Blackwood to answer the call to arms, enlisting into the 1st Battalion, Monmouthshire Regiment. As part of the 28th Division, he deployed overseas with his battalion, braving the winter crossing to arrive on the battlefields of France and Flanders in February 1915.

He survived the bitter initial combat campaigns of 1915 on the Western Front. Later, while serving with the 3rd/1st Battalion (a home-based reserve and training unit established to supply fresh drafts to the front-line elements), he was stationed back on home soil.

Tragically, Rifleman Young (2362) was killed accidentally while on duty in Great Britain on 31 March 1916, aged just 23. Because his passing occurred at home, his family was spared the agony of a distant, unreachable grave. His body was returned to the valley, and he is buried locally within the Jerusalem Chapelyard, Woodfieldside, where his resting place is permanently marked with an official Commonwealth War Graves Commission headstone. He is also honored on the grand Battalion War Memorial housed inside St. Woolos Cathedral, Newport.