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	Benjamin Young aged 20 born in Lymington, Hampshire, England. Ship: HMS Euryalus Rank/Rating: Ordinary Seaman

	Service details
		Comments: Joined HMS Euryalus at Lymington in Hampshire as a volunteer. HMS Euryalus Ship's pay book number: (SB 214) 27 August 1803 to 4 December 1803 Rank/rating: Ordinary Seaman Comments: Absent from HMS Euryalus 5 to 29 December 1803 Ship's pay book number: (SB 214) 30 December 1803 to 9 March 1808 (Was at Trafalgar) Rank/rating: Ordinary Seaman HMS Royal Sovereign yacht 10 March 1808 to 14 May 1808 Rank/rating: Able Seaman HMS Ville De Paris 15 May 1808 to 16 September 1808 Rank/rating: Able Seaman HMS Caledonia 17 September 1808 Rank/rating: Gunner's Mate

	Sources used
		Catalogue reference: ADM 29/2 page 196 Catalogue reference: ADM 36/16725 Royal Navy ship's muster, HMS Euryalus, June 1803 - August 1804. Catalogue reference: ADM 36/16726 Royal Navy ship's muster, HMS Euryalus, September 1804 - June 1805. Catalogue reference: ADM 36/16727 Royal Navy ship's muster, HMS Euryalus, July 1805 - February 1806. Catalogue reference: ADM 36/16728 Royal Navy ship's muster, HMS Euryalus, February - October 1806. Catalogue reference: ADM 37/1218 Royal Navy ship's muster, HMS Euryalus, November 1806 - October 1807. Catalogue reference: ADM 37/1219 Royal Navy ship's muster, HMS Euryalus, November 1807 - June 1808.

Benjamin Young aged 20 born in Lymington, Hampshire, England.