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Yarwood, M.H.
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Yunnie, R.P.

M.H. Yarwood to R.P Yunnie

Yarwood,
Miss Mary Hannah
Miss M.H. Yarwood

Daughter of Herbert Turner Yarwood (1874-1953), and Norah Lucy Pentland (1886-1959).
Married ((06?).1952, Birmingham district, Warwickshire) Maj. Donald Sidney Male, Royal Artillery ((03?).1916 - 28.10.2007); one son.

03.04.1912
Solihull district, Warwickshire
-
09.1999
South East Hampshire

2nd Sub.	18.07.1943 [270124]
WS/Sub.	15.04.1944
S/Comd. = Maj.	20.04.1949, seniority 10.02.1949 (reld 01.04.1952)

18.07.1943			commissioned, Auxiliary Territorial Service [emergency commission]
20.04.1949			commissioned, Women's Royal Army Corps

A nephew writes: "She served with Ack Ack in UK and in Egypt and Palestine."

Yates,
Arthur George
A.G. Yates

?
-

Gnr.	?
2nd Lt.	04.06.1938
WS/Lt.	01.03.1943 (reld < 04.1946)

			late Cadet, Bedford School Contingent, Junior Division, Officer Training Corps
			served in the ranks, Honourable Artillery Company
04.06.1938			commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery - Territorial Army
04.06.1938	-	(01.1939)	418th (Bedfordshire) Battery, 105th (Bedfordshire Yeomanry) Army Field Regiment RA (Biggleswade)
24.08.1939			mobilized TA
(1939)	-	(1940)	"C" Battery, 52nd Heavy Regiment RA

Yates,
Cecil Ralph [England]
C.R. Yates

Son of Ralph and Rosetta Yates.
Married ...; ... children (one son?).

07.11.1909
South Norwood, Croydon district, Surrey
-
24.04.1982
Westleton, Saxmundham, Ipswich district, Suffolk

Cadet	?
2nd Lt.	09.03.1940 [124259]
WS/Lt.	19.07.1942 (reld > 10.1945, < 01.1946)
T/Capt.	19.07.1942-(10.1945)
Hon. Capt.	> 10.1945, < 04.1946

31.01.1984

[posthumously]

			either 164th, 165th, 166th, 167th or 168th Officer Cadet Training Unit
09.03.1940			commissioned, The King's Royal Rifle Corps [emergency commission]

Yates,
Geoffrey Hartley
G.H. Yates

?
-

2nd Lt.	08.06.1940 [40602]
WS/Capt.	05.01.1941
T/Maj.	05.01.1941-17.10.1942
WS/Maj.	18.10.1942
T/Lt.Col.	18.10.1942-(04.1946)

OBE	30.09.1941	non-combattant gallantry
MID	17.12.1940	non-combattant gallantry
LM	14.11.1947	?

08.06.1940			commissioned, Corps of Royal Engineers [emergency commission]
(1940)	-	(1941)	Officer Commanding, No. 2 Bomb Disposal Company RE
(05.1941)			Officer Commanding, No. 25 Bomb Disposal Company, RE [?]

Yates,
Peter Mandall
P.M. Yates (Photo courtesy of Mr Steve Brack)

Son of ... Yates, and ... Hatley.
From Doncaster.

(03?).1914
Donacaster, Lincolnshire / Nottinghamshire / Yorkshire - West Riding
-

2nd Lt.	12.04.1933 [58824]
Lt.	12.04.1936
WS/Capt.	23.06.1940
T/Maj.	23.06.1940-(04.1941)

MBE	14.10.1943	Middle East (Egypt and Libya)
39\|45 St	-	-
Afr St	-	-
Def M	-	-
BWM 39\|45	-	-

			late Cadet, St Peter's School Contingent, Junior Division, Officer Training Corps
12.04.1933			commissioned, Corps of Royal Engineers - Supplementary Reserve of Officers
24.08.1939			mobilized TA
1939?	-	1942?	Officer Commanding, 106th Army Troops Company RE (France, UK, Middle East)
12.04.1943			transferred, Regular Army Reserve of Officers

Yeates,
H
H. Yeates (Photo courtesy of Mr Lee Lidbury)

Married ...; two daughters.

?
-
?

Lt. QM	01.03.1933 [58289]
WS/Capt. QM	01.07.1940 (ceased to be employed 05.06.1943) (retd 23.07.1949; exceeded age limit)
Hon. Capt. QM	05.06.1943

21.04.1950

			10th London Regiment - Territorial Army
(1941)			8th (HD) Battalion The Royal Berkshire Regiment

Yeldham,
Eric Charles
E.C. Yeldham

12.12.1909
Rathdrum district, Ireland
-
19.04.1959
Chelsea district, London

2nd Lt.	29.08.1929
Capt.	12.04.1937
A/Maj.	11.02.1941-10.05.1941
T/Maj.	11.05.1941-30.08.1943
WS/Maj.	31.08.1943 (half-pay 08.09.1945) (retd 30.11.1946)
A/Lt.Col.	31.05.1943-30.08.1943
T/Lt.Col.	31.08.1943-02.11.1944

MID

23.09.1943

29.08.1929			commissioned, The Hampshire Regiment
(06.1944)			Commanding Officer, 3rd Parachute Battalion

Yonge,
David Duke
D.D. Yonge

Son (with three brothers) of Ambrose Pode Yonge (1878-), and Isabel Eva Haws.
Married ((09?).1944, Winchester district, Hampshire) Jean Dorothea Tillard, daughter of R.Adm. Stephen Dowell Tillard, RN; one daughter, one son.
Residence: (1944) Twickenham; Summerhill, Shawford, nr Winchester.

21.10.1918
Brentford district, Buckinghamshire
-
06.2006
Winchester district, Hampshire

Gnr.	?
Cadet	?
2nd Lt.	18.02.1940 [121049]
WS/Lt.	18.08.1941 (demobilized > 08.1946, < 12.1946) (reld 05.12.1951)
T/Capt.	12.03.1943-(01.)1945
Hon. Capt.	05.12.1951

10.02.1944

Italy [recommendation available upon request]

Education: Epsom College (1932-1937); Exeter College, Oxford (Literae Humaniores 1937; MA).

			123rd Officer Cadet Training Unit
18.02.1940			commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission]
			3rd Regiment Royal Horse Artillery RA

District Officer, Tanganyika Territory.

Young,
Albert Richard Ring
A.R.R. Young (Photo courtesy of Mr Lee Lidbury)

1888
Australia
-
1958
Australia

T/Maj.

05.03.1940 [2934]

			Territorial Army Reserve of Officers (Class II)
(1941)			8th (HD) Battalion The Royal Berkshire Regiment

Young,
C J
C.J. Young

?
-

Cadet	?
2nd Lt.	?
Capt.	(03.1945)

?			commissioned, ? [emergency commission?]
(03.1945)			HQ 23rd (Chindit) Infantry Brigade

Young,
Charles William Marr
C.W.M. Young

16.02.1915
-
died before 02.1967

2nd Lt.	31.01.1935 [64553]
Lt.	31.01.1938
A/Capt.	03.09.1939-16.10.1939, 17.09.1940-02.11.1940
T/Capt.	03.11.1940-30.01.1943
Capt.	31.01.1943
A/Maj.	13.11.1945-27.12.1945, 14.01.1946-01.03.1946
T/Maj.	02.03.1946-30.01.1948
Maj.	31.01.1948
T/Lt.Col.	13.12.1947-19.04.1954
Lt.Col.	12.04.1955 (retd 29.01.1958)

OBE

01.06.1953

Pakistan

NW Frontier of India 37-39 Medal & Clasp

31.01.1935			commissioned into the Royal Corps of Signals
(01.1937)			served at Aldershot
(01.1939)			served in India
			?
			served in Pakistan
08.05.1955	-	(02.1957)	Chief Signals Officer, General Headquarters East Africa

AMIEE

Young,
G
G. Young

?
-

Cadet	?
2nd Lt.	?
Lt.	(03.1945)

?			commissioned, ? [emergency commission?]
(03.1945)			HQ 23rd (Chindit) Infantry Brigade

Young,
James Ernest
J.E. Young

From Scarborough.

15.10.1908
-
(06?).1980
Bristol district, Avon

2nd Lt.	02.01.1932 [51862]
Lt.	02.01.1935
Capt.	03.11.1937
WS/Maj.	10.11.1943 (reld < 04.1946)
T/Lt.Col.	10.11.1943-(10.1945)
Hon. Lt.Col.	< 04.1946
Maj.	15.10.1953, seniority 01.11.1947

	OBE	24.08.1944	Italy *
	ERD	10.09.1954	& 1st clasp

* For continuous devotion to duty in particularly difficult circumstances. During the period November 1942-July 1943 was responsible (as a regimental officer and as Commanding Officer) for Air Force communications in North Africa between Algiers and Tunis. As from July 1943 was Deputy Chief Signals Officer, Northwest African Air Forces, and had to reorganise and control all Air Force line communications in Sicily during the critical period of August 1943. As from October 1943, was principally responsible for the planning and supervision of Allied Air Forces lines in Eastern Italy. Throughout the period, has displayed notable initiative and devotion to duty, in spite of illness, and has been largely instrumental in all success achieved.

02.01.1932	-	15.10.1953	commissioned, Royal Corps of Signals - Supplementary Reserve [later: Army Emergency Reserve of Officers]
24.08.1939			mobilized SR
1942	-	1944?	HQ Mediterranean Allied Air Forces
15.10.1953	-	15.10.1963	Regular Army Reserve of Officers [attained age limit]

Worked with Post Office.

Young,
John Frederick
J.F. Young

?
-

Lt.	30.10.1935 [65990]
Capt.	01.11.1938
Maj.	01.04.1939
Hon. Lt.Col.	?

DSO	21.06.1945	NW Europe
LeoII	08.12.1945	Belgium
CdeG	08.12.1945	Belgium

			late Flying Officer, RAF
30.10.1935			commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery - Territorial Army (52nd (London) Anti-Aircraft Brigade)
24.08.1939			mobilized TA
			Commanding Officer, 119th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment

Young,
Leslie Herbert
L.H. Young

Married ...; ... children (one son?).

?
-
?

Lt.	24.08.1940 [145538] (reld > 04.1946, < 08.1946)
T/Capt.	07.08.1941-(07.1942), 19.07.1943-(04.1944), 09.05.1944-(01.1945), 09.02.1945-(10.1945)
Hon. Capt.	> 04.1946, < 08.1946

24.08.1940

commissioned, The Gordon Highlanders [emergency commission]

Young,
Peter
P. Young

Son of Dallas H.W. Young, MBE, and Irene Barbara Lushington Mellor.
Married (1950) Joan Duckworth; no children.

28.07.1915
Kensington district, Greater London
-
13.09.1988
Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire

2nd Lt.	26.08.1937 [77254]
Lt.	26.08.1940
A/Capt.	16.09.1940-15.12.1940
T/Capt.	16.12.1940-25.06.1942
WS/Capt.	26.06.1942
Capt.	26.08.1945
A/Maj.	05.03.1942-25.04.1942, 18.05.1942-25.06.1942
T/Maj.	26.06.1942-31.10.1943
WS/Maj.	01.11.1943
Maj.	?
A/Lt.Col.	01.08.1943-31.10.1943
T/Lt.Col.	01.11.1943-05.04.1945
WS/Lt.Col.	06.04.1945-18.11.1948 (Employed List (1))
Lt.Col.	28.02.1956 (retd 17.07.1959)
A/Col.	06.10.1945-05.04.1945
T/Col.	06.04.1945-06.03.1946
A/Brig.	19.06.1945-18.12.1945
T/Brig.	19.12.1945-04.01.1946
Hon. Brig.	17.07.1959

DSO	02.10.1942	Dieppe
MC	03.04.1942	Vaagsö & Maaloy
MC	21.10.1943	Sicily
MC	13.01.1944	Italy

Order of El Istiqlal (Jordan) 3rd Class, 1954.

Education: Monmouth School; Trinity College, Oxford (MA); Staff College, Camberley (psc)

26.08.1937			commissioned, General List - University Candidates
28.01.1939	-	1940	commissioned, Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment (served BEF Dunkirk (wounded))
1940	-	1942	No. 3 Commando (raids on Guernsey, 1940; Lofoten and Vaagso, 1941, Dieppe, 1942, Sicily and Italy, 1943)
05.03.1942	-	25.04.1942	General Staff Officer, 2nd grade (GSO2), Combined Operations HQ
1942	-	1943	Second-in-Command, No. 3 Commando
1943	-	1945	Commanding Officer, No. 3 Commando (Normandy, 1944; Arakan, 1944-45)
1945	-	1946	Commander, 1st Commando Brigade
09.11.1951	-	08.03.1953	General Staff Officer, 2nd grade (GSO2), GHQ Middle East Land forces
1953	-	1956	Commanded 9th Regiment Arab Legion
03.07.1956	-	29.09.1956	General Staff Officer, 1st grade (GSO1), School of Amphibious Warfare

Reader in Military History, Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst, 1959-69. General Editor, Military Memoirs series, 1967-; Editor, Purnell's History of First World War, 1970-72; Editor in Chief, Orbis' World War II, 1972-74; TV Consultant: Churchill and the Generals, 1980; 1798, The Year of the French, 1981; By The Sword Divided, 1st series 1983 (Military Consultant), 2nd series 1984 (Historical Adviser). Vice-President: Commando Association; Naseby Preservation Society; Military Historical Society; Chairman, Cheriton 1644 Association. FSA 1960; FRGS 1968.
Published: Bedouin Command, 1956; Storm from the Sea, 1958; The Great Civil War (with late LtCol Alfred H. Burne, DSO), 1959; Cromwell, 1962; Hastings to Culloden (with John Adair), 1964; World War 1939-45, 1966; Edgehill, 1642: The Campaign and the Battle, 1967; The British Army, 1642-1970, 1967; The Israeli Campaign, 1967, 1967; (ed) Decisive Battles of the Second World War, 1967; Charge (with LtCol J. P. Lawford), 1967; (jt editor) The Civil War: Richard Atkyns and John Gwyn, 1967; Oliver Cromwell, 1968; Commando, 1969; Cropredy Bridge, 1644 (with Margaret Toynbee), 1970; Marston Moor, 1644, 1970; (ed. with LtCol J. P. Lawford) History of the British Army, 1970; Chasseurs of the Guard, 1971; The Arab Legion, 1971; George Washington's Army, 1972; (ed) John Cruso, Militarie Instructions for the Cavall'rie, 1972; Blücher's Army, 1973; Armies of the English Civil War, 1973; (with LtCol J. P. Lawford) Wellington's Masterpiece, 1973; (ed and contrib.) The War Game, 1973; (ed and contrib.) The Machinery of War, 1973; (with R. Holmes) The English Civil War, 1974; Atlas of the Second World War, 1974; (with M. Toynbee) Strangers in Oxford, 1974; (with W. Emberton) The Cavalier Army, 1974; (ed with Brig. M. Calvert) A Dictionary of Battles: 1816-1976, 1977; 1815-1915, 1977; 1715-1815, 1978; (with W. Emberton) Sieges of the Great Civil War, 1642-1646, 1978; Civil War England, 1981; DDay, 1981; The Fighting Man, 1981; Naseby 1645: the campaign and the battle, 1985; (contrib.) Napoleon's Marshals, 1987; numerous articles in Army Historical Research Journal and Chambers's Encyclopædia.

Young,
Richard Arthur Allicocke
R.A.A. Young

Son of Col. Arthur St Leger Newton Young (1869-1917), and Lucy Burrill.
Married (08.09.1934, Gerrards Cross) Gundred Eva Waller (06.04.1908 - 21.11.1977), daughter of Henry Trench FitzArthur de Warrenne Waller (1873-1911), and Beatrice Edith Wayn (1873-1959); one daughter, one son.

15.10.1904
Orlingbury, Northamptonshire
-
05.06.1984
hospital, Kendal district, Westmorland (formerly of Bowness-on-Windermere)

2nd Lt.	03.02.1928 [35474] 26.08.1947, seniority 15.10.1927
Lt.	03.02.1931
Capt.	19.06.1937
A/Maj.	04.09.1939-03.12.1939
T/Maj.	04.12.1939-31.03.1940, 01.12.1940-02.06.1941, 14.10.1941-13.05.1942, 10.06.1942-02.02.1945
Maj.	03.02.1945 (retd 29.05.1954)
A/Lt.Col.	14.08.1945-13.11.1945
T/Lt.Col.	14.11.1945-(04.1946)
Hon. Lt.Col.	29.05.1954

	MID	23.09.1943	North Africa
	PolRest	07.12.1944	?

			late Cadet, Bedford School Contingent, Junior Division, Officer Training Corps
30.06.1926			commissioned, Royal Tank Corps - Supplementary Reserve of Officers
03.02.1928			commissioned, Royal Tank Corps (later: Royal Tank Regiment) - Royal Armoured Corps
...	-	...	...
29.05.1954	-	27.07.1955	Regular Army Reserve of Officers [exceeded age limit]

Youngson,
William Henry Arthur
W.H.A. Youngson

Son (with three sisters and one brother) of Duncan Forbes Christie Youngson (1880-1952), and Majorie Cline (1889-1967).
Married Wisome Ann Liddell (09.12.1923 - ), daughter of Charles Oliver Liddell (1889-1949), and Nellie Devrey (1895-1963); ... children (two sons?).

21.11.1918
Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
-
15.12.1999
Port Macquarie, Australia

2nd Lt.	14.09.1940 [149071]
WS/Lt.	14.03.1942
WS/Capt.	26.11.1944
T/Maj.	26.11.1944-(04.1946)
Capt.	30.12.1951, seniority 26.03.1947
Hon. Maj.	24.03.1956

MID

05.04.1945

Burma / Eastern Frontier of India

14.09.1940			commissioned, The Gordon Highlanders [emergency commission]
			attached, Royal Indian Army Service Corps (despatches)
30.12.1951			commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery - Territorial Army
24.03.1956			Territorial Army Reserve of Officers

Yourovsky,
Emanuel
"Monia"
E. Yourovsky

Changed last name to Young.
Son of Alexander Yourovsky, and Vera (Dvora) Stein.
Married Nathalie ...; three children.

06..02.1918
Brighton, Sussex
-
07.01.2010
Waltham Abbey

Cadet	? [142510]
2nd Lt.	06.11.1943 [299402 ]
WS/Lt.	06.05.1944 (reld > 04.1946, < 08.1946)
A/Capt. ?	1945/46?
Hon. Lt.	> 04.1946, < 08.1946

06.11.1943

commissioned, The Royal Berkshire Regiment (Princess Charlotte of Wales's) [emergency commission]

Musical conductor.
His son writes: "I recall seeing a polyphoto of him as a captain - after the war ended and before demobilisation. He was latterly attached to ENSA in Italy and also with occupation forces in Klagenfurt, Austria. I discovered that he had been attached in Italy to 6th Battalion Royal West Kent Regiment under Col John Whittie who died when his jeep was blown up."

Yunnie,
Robert Park
"Bob"
R.P. Yunnie

Lived at Aberdeen.

24.04.1909
Inverness district, Inverness, Scotland
-
03.1961
Congo Republic (died as a mercenary)

2nd Lt.	25.05.1941 [201206]
WS/Lt.	02.03.1942 (reld < 04.1946)
T/Capt.	10.10.1942-(04.1944)
Hon. Capt.	< 04.1946

08.02.1945

Italy *

* On 12 June 1944 at the mouth of River Tenna, Italy, then in enemy hands, Capt. Yunnie was landed from the sea to make arrangements for the subsequent landing of a raiding force of armed vehicles. On the night of 15/16 June the L.C.T. carrying this foce was successfully signalled in from the shore by Capt. Yunnie. The landing craft broached to, the vehicles could not be landed and the ship had to be abandoned. Capt. Yunnie declined to be taken off by the escorting vessel and having volunteered to remain on shore with a foot party, he operated for several days in the immediate rear of the retreating enemy, causing considerable confusion. In the course of a well-timed action he overpowered the German guard and the Demolition Party responsible for the blowing up of a main road bridge which was thus preserved for the use of our own pursuing forces.

Insurance broker.

19.09.1939			enlisted & served in the ranks, Royal Army Service Corps (1st Cavalry Division)
?	-	25.05.1941	Officer Cadet Training Unit, Cairo
25.05.1941			commissioned, The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) [emergency commission]
?	-	11.1942	served Libyan Arab Force
23.11.1942	-	1945?	No 1 Demolition Squadron, PPA ("Popski's Private Army") (Western Desert [Tunisia & Algeria], Italy & Austria)

Published: The cause and cure of disease (1950); Warriors on wheels (1959; memoirs) [republished as: Fighting with Popski's Private Army]

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