Harry Young enlisted in the Canadian Armed Forces in 1939. He was made a lieutenant in 1941. He was posted overseas on July 30th, 1942 landing in Liverpool. In Septemeber 1942 he joined the First Canadian Army Headquarters in the RCE works section.
He married Jean Cairns at a church in Cuckfield, Sussex, United Kingdom in October 1942.
After extensive training in England, the group crossed over at Normandy about a month after D-day. Harry was a captain then and was decorated during that time in Europe. He recalled building Bailey bridges over the Rhine near Nijmegen Holland to allow the Allied forces to cross over the river to enter Germany.
