Orders, Decorations and Medals

Brigadier Peter Young, D.S.O., M.C. and 2 bars; No. 3 Commando, late Bedfordshire & Hertfordshire Regiment and latterly 9th Regiment, Arab Legion
Riband bar, pin-backed (lacking pin), bearing the ribbons: Distinguished Service Order; Military Cross, with two silver rosettes; 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Burma Star; Italy Star; France & Germany Star; Defence Medal; War Medal 1939-45; General Service 1918-62; Jordan, Order of El Istiqlal, a little faded, good condition £40-60

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Ribbons from the Collection of the late Judge Henry Pownall.

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Peter Young was born on 28 July 1915 and educated at Monmouth School and Trinity College, Oxford. A 2nd Lieutenant with the Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment in 1937, he served with the B.E.F. and was wounded at Dunkirk. Then volunteering for special service, he spent over four years with No. 3 Commando, taking part in raids on Guernsey, 1940; Lofoten and Vaagso, 1941; Dieppe, 1942, and Sicily and Italy, 1943. He commanded No. 3 Commando, 1943-44. He then served in Normandy, 1944 and Arakan, 1944-45, and commanded the 1st Commando Brigade, 1945-46. For his war service he was awarded the D.S.O. in 1942; the M.C. in 1942 and two bars to the M.C. in 1943. After the war he commanded the 9th Regiment, Arab Legion, 1953-56, being awarded the Order of Istiqlal in 1954. He was Reader in Military History at the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst, 1959-69 and a notable author and editor of a number of publications on military history. He died on 13 September 1988.

Ribbon bar attributed to Brigadier Peter Young. With a signed photograph of the recipient in uniform.