After much research and digging in Canadian War records I have found out the following. A lot of this is still unobtainable. However, I have been given the link to The war diaries of the

Commanders of the 58th Battalion (Grandpa's Unit) and am reading all the battle reports. This is a painstaking project. Every day of the Battallions' actions are accounted for. It's eery reading the accounts of battles that Grandpa was fighting.

Some of this history I have been told by a records officer in Ottawa. Some from Grandpa himself and some from Granny and some from Veterans in St Joseph's island and Sault- Saint Marie. It's a bit like piecing together a mystery but I think it's pretty accurate.

Private Harold Richard Young joined the Canadian Expeditionary Force on the 3rd of January, 1916. He was only 19. Prior to being sent overseas, he was transferred from the Sault Ste Marie 119th Overseas Battallion in February of 1916 to the 58th Battallion. They were known as the Soos Rifles. All were crack shots. The very best Snipers Canada had.
Grandpa was known to be a lucky guy to have protecting you in the "Rifle Pits" He was very quiet and had amazing eyesight. This was commented on in the training reports my friend read to me over the phone. He in fact turned down two early commendations according to dispatches which again are not available for copying. Bloody archaic privacy laws.
He went on to distinguish himself in many different Battles PRIOR to winning the Highest Award for Valour in the field for a Non Commissioned Officer.

The Military Medal was only given to 6075 Men in WW One. Over 635,000 Men served in the Canadian Forces. This means he was one of the less than 1% of soldiers to recieve this Medal. He was a Sgt- Maj (Acting) at the time and received the Medal at 21 for a valiant action in a bombed out trench holding off the enemy for several hours single handed. Several men under his command reported this action. There were only seven of his men left alive. 3 Died of Mustard poisoning during his actions to stave off the German attack.
The Medal was awarded at Passchendale, his Ninth Major battle in only sixteen months at war.

He went on to receive two more commendations for bravery and fought courageously in 17 Major Battles including the final battle of the first World War. He was still in battle on Armistice day November 11th 1918 at the Pursuit of Mons.

The most famous battles he took part in were: The Somme 1916, Vimy, 1917, Ypres, 1917, Passchendale, 1917, The Hindenburg Line, 1918, Cambrai, 1918.

Harold Young was a Great Canadian. He was a real War Hero! My brothers and I can be very proud to be his Grand Children. He fought in Hell. Pure Hell.
He was to experience things we cannot possibly imagine. The complete breakdown of civilization. The very worst of the human spirit and the very best. He had a quiet pride that would always hide the fire in his heart. There are not just one but TWO cenotaphs which he adorns (having posed for the sculptor). The Canadian Government chose highly decorated individuals from each community across Canada to pose for Community Cenotaphs in their area. Harold was chosen and was used for two Memorials, the one in Richard's Landing and another in Northern Ontario. I will find out the town and we should try to get pictures of it. I'm trying to ascertain if the last line of this dispatch below is the record of Harold's action.