Ralph Younger
{{Short description|British army officer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
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|birth_date=12 July 1904
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|death_date=2 August 1985 (aged 81)
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|allegiance= United Kingdom
|serviceyears= 1925–1958
|servicenumber= 33496
|rank= Major-General
|branch= British Army
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|commands=3rd Carabiniers
30th Independent Armoured Brigade
7th Armoured Brigade
49th (West Riding) Armoured Division
|unit=7th Queen's Own Hussars
|battles=Second World War
|awards=Companion of the Order of the Bath
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Military Cross
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Major-General Ralph Younger {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|sep=,|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.{{cite web|url=https://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armyunits/britishcavalry/qohussarsyounger.htm|title=Major-General Ralph Younger CB CBE DSO MC DL|publisher=British Empire|accessdate=15 June 2020}} He served as commanding officer of the 3rd Carabiniers in Burma in 1942 during the Second World War.
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.The Army Gradation List February 1956
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.{{cite web|url=https://www.gulabin.com/armynavy/pdf/Army%20Commands%201860-.pdf|title=Army Commands|accessdate=7 June 2020}} His last appointment was as General Officer Commanding 49th (West Riding) Armoured Division in December 1954 before retiring in March 1958.
He was colonel of the 7th Queen's Own Hussars from 1952 to 1958{{cite web|url=http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/cav/D07h.htm |title=7th Queen's Own Hussars |accessdate=30 March 2007 |last=Mills |first=T.F. |work=regiments.org |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20070208102414/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/cav/D07h.htm |archivedate = 8 February 2007}} of the Queen's Own Hussars from 1958 to 1962{{London Gazette |issue=41535 |supp=y |date=28 October 1958 |page=6639}} and of the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards from 1971 to 1975.{{cite web |url=http://www.regiments.org:80/regiments/uk/cav/DG3rsdg.htm |title=The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards (Carabiniers and Greys) |publisher=regiments.org |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20040814061808/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/cav/DG3rsdg.htm |archivedate=14 August 2004 |access-date=31 August 2018 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}
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.Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003
References
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External links
- [https://generals.dk/general/Younger/Ralph/Great_Britain.html Generals of World War II]
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Category:British Army major generals
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