- David Young (British Army officer)
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Sir David Young Born 17 May 1926 Died 9 January 2000 Allegiance United Kingdom
Service/branch British Army
Rank Lieutenant-General Commands held 1st Bn the Royal Scots
12th Mechanised Brigade
General Officer Commanding ScotlandBattles/wars Malayan Emergency
Operation BannerAwards Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Companion of the Order of the Bath
Distinguished Flying CrossLieutenant General Sir David Tod Young KBE CB DFC (17 May 1926 - 9 January 2000) was General Officer Commanding Scotland.
Military career
Educated at George Watson's College in Edinburgh, Young was commissioned into the Royal Scots in 1945.[1] He was seconded to the Glider Pilot Regiment in 1949 and qualified as a pilot.[2]
He served in the Malayan Emergency in the early 1950s and won his Distinguished Flying Cross operating at low levels over rugged jungle terrain with 656 Air Observation Squadron.[2]
He was selected to be Commanding Officer of 1st Bn the Royal Scots in 1967.[2] In 1970 he was appointed Commander of 12th Mechanised Brigade and in 1972 he became Deputy Military Secretary at the Ministry of Defence.[1] He moved on to be Commander Land Forces at HQ Northern Ireland in 1975 at the height of the Troubles[3] and then became Director, Infantry in 1977.[1] He was made General Officer Commanding Scotland and Governor of Edinburgh Castle in 1980: he retired in 1982.[1]
In retirement he became Chairman of Cairntech Limited.[1] He was also Chairman of the Scottish Committee of Marie Curie Cancer Care.[1]
Family
He married Joyce Marian Melville in 1950; they had two sons.[1] Following the death of his first wife, he married Joanna Oyler in 1988.[1]
References
Military offices Preceded by
Sir Michael GowGOC Scotland
1980–1982Succeeded by
Sir Alexander BoswellCategories:- 1926 births
- 2000 deaths
- People educated at George Watson's College
- British Army generals
- Knights Commander of the Order of the British Empire
- Companions of the Order of the Bath
- Recipients of the Distinguished Flying Cross (United Kingdom)
- Glider Pilot Regiment officers
- Royal Scots officers
- British Army personnel of the Malayan Emergency
- People of The Troubles (Northern Ireland)
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