John Francis Young VC (14 January 1893 – 7 November 1929) was a Canadian soldier who served in the First World War.

The other six were Bellenden Hutcheson, Arthur George Knight, William Metcalf, Claude Joseph Patrick Nunney, Cyrus Wesley Peck and Walter Leigh Rayfield.

On 2 September 1918 in the Dury-Arras Sector, France, when his company had suffered heavy casualties, Private Young, a stretcher-bearer, went forward to dress the wounded in open ground swept by machine-gun and rifle fire.

He did this for over an hour displaying absolute fearlessness, and on more than one occasion, having used up all his stock of dressings, he made his way to company headquarters for a further supply before returning to the battlefield.

Young continued to show the greatest valour and devotion to duty.He received his Victoria Cross from King George V at Buckingham Palace on 30 April 1919.

The Canadian Grenadier Guards' Junior Ranks mess has been renamed the "John Francis Young Club" in his honour and still bears his name.

In Young's honour, members are required to execute a proper halt, briefly coming to attention, upon entering the club.