Peter Young (historian)
| Peter Young | |
|---|---|
| Born |
28 July 1915 Kensington, London, England |
| Died | 13 September 1988 (aged 73) Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England |
| Allegiance |
 United Kingdom
|
| Service/branch |
 British Army
|
| Years of service | 1937–1959 |
| Rank | Brigadier |
| Service number | 77254 |
| Unit | Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment |
| Commands held |
3 Commando 3 Commando Brigade 9th Regiment, Arab Legion |
| Battles/wars | |
| Awards |
Distinguished Service Order Military Cross & Two Bars Mentioned in Despatches Order of Al Istiqlal (Jordan) |
| Other work | Historian |
Brigadier Peter Young, DSO, MC & Two Bars (28 July 1915 – 13 September 1988) was a British Army officer who, during the Second World War, served with distinction with the British Commandos.
Subsequently, he went on to command a regiment of the Arab Legion before leaving the Army to become a lecturer at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst.
In later life he founded The Sealed Knot, and became a well-known military historian and author.
Born in London to Dallas Hales Wilkie Young and his wife, Irene Barbara Lushington Mellor, Young attended Monmouth School and subsequently read for a degree in Modern History at Trinity College, Oxford.
Having joined the Territorial Army (TA) while at Oxford, Young was commissioned as a second lieutenant in 1938 but this was converted (and backdated to 1937) to a permanent commission in the Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment in January 1939.
Assigned to the 2nd Battalion, Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment, Young went to France with the battalion in late 1939, shortly after the outbreak of the Second World War, as part of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF). The battalion formed part of the 10th Infantry Brigade, commanded by Brigadier Evelyn Barker, part of the 4th Infantry Division. Following the Battle of France in May 1940, the battalion was evacuated from Dunkirk in late May, during which Young was wounded. After he recovered from his wounds Young volunteered to join the Commandos and on being accepted joined 3 Commando in time to take part in the second commando operation of the war–Operation Ambassador–in July 1940. Promoted to lieutenant in August 1940, Young was to serve in the commandos for the rest of the war. Following Operation Ambassador and the subsequent operations, Operation Claymore and Operation Archery, Young was awarded the Military Cross (MC).
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