Brian Young (Royal Navy officer) facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Brian Young
Born	(1930-09-25)25 September 1930 Blean, Kent
Died	24 December 2009(2009-12-24) (aged 79)
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	Royal Navy
Rank	Captain
Commands held	892 Squadron 766 Squadron HMS Wiston 9th Mine Counter Measure Squadron HMS Danae HMS Antrim
Battles/wars	Falklands War
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.

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.