Ralph Younger

British army officer

Ralph Younger
Born12 July 1904
Died2 August 1985 (aged 81)
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Service/branchBritish Army
Years of service1925−1958
RankMajor-General
Service number33496
Unit7th Queen's Own Hussars
Commands held3rd Carabiniers
30th Independent Armoured Brigade
7th Armoured Brigade
49th (West Riding) Armoured Division
Battles/warsSecond World War
AwardsCompanion of the Order of the Bath
Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Distinguished Service Order
Military Cross

Major-General Ralph Younger CB, CBE, DSO, MC, DL (12 July 1904 – 2 August 1985) was a British Army officer.

Military career

Younger was commissioned into the 7th Queen's Own Hussars in 1925.[1] He served as commanding officer of the 3rd Carabiniers in Burma in 1942 during the Second World War.[1]

Younger was appointed second in command of the 255th Indian Tank Brigade in August 1944, then promoted to command the brigade in May 1945, commanding it until November.[2]

After the war he became commander of 30th Independent Armoured Brigade in March 1949, commander of 7th Armoured Brigade in December 1950 and Commandant of the Royal Armoured Corps Centre at Bovington Camp in November 1953.[3] His last appointment was as General Officer Commanding 49th (West Riding) Armoured Division in December 1954 before retiring in March 1958.[3]

He was colonel of the 7th Queen's Own Hussars from 1952 to 1958[4] of the Queen's Own Hussars from 1958 to 1962[5] and of the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards from 1971 to 1975.[6]

Family

In 1932 he married Mary Cynthia Mills; after they divorced he married Greta Mary Turnbull in 1938; they had a son and a daughter.[7]

References

  1. ^ a b "Major-General Ralph Younger CB CBE DSO MC DL". British Empire. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
  2. ^ The Army Gradation List February 1956
  3. ^ a b "Army Commands" (PDF). Retrieved 7 June 2020.
  4. ^ Mills, T.F. "7th Queen's Own Hussars". regiments.org. Archived from the original on 8 February 2007. Retrieved 30 March 2007.
  5. ^ "No. 41535". The London Gazette (Supplement). 28 October 1958. p. 6639.
  6. ^ "The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards (Carabiniers and Greys)". regiments.org. Archived from the original on 14 August 2004. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
  7. ^ Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003

External links

  • Generals of World War II
Military offices
Preceded by GOC 49th (West Riding) Armoured Division
1954–1957 		Succeeded by