David Young (British Army officer)
Sir David Young | |
|---|---|
| Born | 17 May 1926 |
| Died | 9 January 2000 (aged 73) |
| Allegiance |  Companion of the Order of the Bath Distinguished Flying Cross |
CB, DFC (17 May 1926 – 9 January 2000) was a senior British Army officer who served as General Officer Commanding Scotland
from 1980 to 1982.
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
Governor of Edinburgh Castle in 1980, before retiring from regular service in 1982.[1] He became Colonel Commandant of the Ulster Defence Regiment from 1986 to 1991.[2]
In retirement he became Chairman of Cairntech Limited.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]