Rank Captain Died December 24, 2009 Battles/wars Falklands War Battles and wars Falklands War | Name Brian Young Service/branch Royal Navy Role Royal Navy officer | |
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Born 25 September 1930
Kent ( 1930-09-25 ) Commands held 892 Squadron
766 Squadron
HMS Wiston
9th Mine Counter Measure Squadron
HMS Danae (F47) Awards Distinguished Service Order, Naval General Service Medal, General Service Medal, South Atlantic Medal | ||
Captain Brian Gilmore Young, DSO (25 September 1930 – 24 December 2009) was a British Royal Navy officer, naval aviator and Falklands War veteran.
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Naval career
He joined the Royal Navy in 1944 as a cadet, first at Eaton Hall, Chester, then at Dartmouth. He served as a midshipman and sub-lieutenant in the battleship King George V, the light carrier Theseus and the sloop Wren.
Young learned to fly in the United States, serving from 1954 to 1958 with 803 and 804 Naval Air Squadrons, flying Hawker Sea Hawk jet fighters from the carriers Albion, Centaur, Bulwark and Ark Royal, and participating in ground attacks in Egypt during the Suez War.
Falklands War
Young was captain of the destroyer Antrim and commander of the ships detached to recover South Georgia, known as Operation Paraquet