George Younghusband

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Sir George John Younghusband

Eileen Younghusband (niece)
Other workKeeper of the Jewel House
Author

major-general in the British Indian Army
.

Younghusband was commissioned into the

First World War
. Due to wounds received on the battlefield, he was forced to retire from the army in 1917.

In his later life he became a noted author of several books, and the Keeper of the Jewel House at the Tower of London, until his death on 30 September 1944, at Crickhowell in Wales.

Early life

George John Younghusband was born on 9 July 1859, at

Second Afghan War and was promoted to lieutenant on 15 March 1880, before transferring to the India Staff Corps, in October 1883.[3][4]

Indian Army

After joining the Indian Army he was involved in several conflicts in a short period of time. The 1885

Punjab Command.[8] In 1898 he was appointed as a military observer during the Spanish–American War in the Philippines,[4] and in May that year promoted to substantive major.[9]

Command

Memorial to George Younghusband, St Aidan's Church, Bamburgh

Younghusband's first command came during the

12th (South Nottinghamshire Hussars) Companies, all recruited by Yeomanry regiments in Yorkshire and Nottinghamshire.[11] He left Liverpool with the battalion aboard Winifredian in late January 1900,[12] arriving in South Africa the following month. While commanding the battalion he was mentioned in dispatches in 1901.[13] The same year he received a brevet promotion to lieutenant-colonel and was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB).[14][15]

Younghusband left the 3rd to command the 26th (Younghusband's Horse) Battalion, Imperial Yeomanry, in December 1901.[16][17] This battalion comprised the newly-raised 119th–122nd Companies.[11] He was again mentioned in dispatches in June the following year.[18] He was wounded, and in late May 1902 left South Africa on the SS Roslin Castle which arrived at Southampton the following month.[19] He relinquished the command of the 26th battalion on 30 August 1902.[20]

After that war he was promoted to

major-general.[23] He was still in command, when appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG) in 1913.[24]

In the

Mesopotamia Campaign. During the subsequent operation Younghusband was again mentioned in dispatches.[25][26] His last command position was in 1916, as commander of the 7th (Meerut) Division, still in Mesopotamia, but he was forced to relinquish that position due to wounds received.[4]

Family and later life

In March 1917, King

10th Queen Victoria's Own Corps of Guides Cavalry (Frontier Force) and of the 5th Battalion, (Queen Victoria's Own Corps of Guides) 12th Frontier Force Regiment.[29]

His son

Second World War.[30]

George John Younghusband died on 30 September 1944, aged eighty-five, at Crickhowell in Wales.[31]

Notable works

References

  1. ^ "No. 24577". The London Gazette. 30 May 1878. p. 2775.
  2. ^ "G. J. Younghusband". Journeys to Keng Tung. Retrieved 23 December 2013.
  3. ^ "No. 25283". The London Gazette. 30 October 1883. p. 5148.
  4. ^ a b c d e f "George Younghusband". King's College London. Retrieved 23 December 2013.
  5. ^ "No. 25955". The London Gazette. 19 July 1889. p. 3896.
  6. ^ "No. 26680". The London Gazette. 15 November 1895. p. 6177.
  7. ^ "No. 26701". The London Gazette. 21 January 1896. p. 358.
  8. ^ Hart′s Army list, 1901
  9. ^ "No. 26987". The London Gazette. 15 July 1898. p. 4275.
  10. ^ "No. 27157". The London Gazette. 26 January 1900. p. 515.
  11. ^ a b IY Companies at Roll of Honour.
  12. ^ "The War - The Imperial Yeomanry". The Times. No. 36052. London. 30 January 1900. p. 5.
  13. ^ "No. 27305". The London Gazette. 16 April 1901. p. 2604.
  14. ^ "No. 27306". The London Gazette. 19 April 1901. p. 2704.
  15. ^ "No. 11343". The Edinburgh Gazette. 1 October 1901. p. 1094.
  16. ^ "No. 27399". The London Gazette. 21 January 1902. p. 452.
  17. ^ "No. 27434". The London Gazette. 16 May 1902. p. 3252.
  18. ^ "No. 27443". The London Gazette. 17 June 1902. p. 3974.
  19. ^ "The Army in South Africa - Return of Troops". The Times. No. 36798. London. 19 June 1902. p. 8.
  20. ^ "No. 27476". The London Gazette. 23 September 1902. p. 6079.
  21. ^ "No. 27782". The London Gazette. 7 April 1905. p. 2638.
  22. ^ "No. 28245". The London Gazette. 27 April 1909. p. 320.
  23. ^ "No. 28516". The London Gazette. 25 July 1911. p. 5551.
  24. ^ "No. 12526". The London Gazette. 3 January 1913. p. 3.
  25. ^ "No. 29632". The London Gazette (Supplement). 20 June 1916. p. 6174.
  26. ^ "No. 29576". The London Gazette (Supplement). 9 May 1916. p. 4660.
  27. ^ "No. 13073". The Edinburgh Gazette. 24 March 1917. p. 669.
  28. ^ "No. 31894". The London Gazette. 11 May 1920. p. 5367.
  29. ^ "No. 33347". The London Gazette. 13 January 1928. p. 299.
  30. ^ "LHCMA Collections". King's College London. Retrieved 22 December 2013.
  31. ^ "Have you a tiger in your family?". The Royal Leicestershire Regiment. Retrieved 23 December 2013.

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