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Capt. Gerald Antony Gordon Young

Capt. Gerald Antony Gordon Young

Male 1895 - 1968  (72 years)

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  • Name Gerald Antony Gordon Young 
    Title Capt. 
    Birth 9 Nov 1895  Rawal Pindi, Jammu and Kashmir, India Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Baptism 28 Dec 1895  Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Death 2 Apr 1968 
    Notes 
    • Baptised 28 December 1895 at Meerut. Educated at Cheltenham College, 1909-13 and Royal Military College, Sandhurst, 1917 (prize Cadet).

      He played both for Cheltenham and Sandhurst at cricket and hockey. 2nd Lieut. Indian Army 5th August 1914, attached to 4th Dublin Fusiliers: temp. Lieut. December 1914, he went to the Great War in France with the Royal Irish Regt.: invalided in 1915 he rejoined the Indian Army Dec. 1915 as Lieut. 6th Royal Jat Light Infantry (now 1st Bn. 9th Jat Regt.): Capt. 1918: served in Mesopotamia 1918 and was invalided with typhoid fever: A.D.C. to Major General Sir Arthur Scott commanding Lucknow Division 1919: rejoined 6th Jat. L.I. on North West Frontier 1919 and was adjutant to the Regiment and on active service in Waziristan 1921-23: retired from Indian Army May 1923. Held the 1914-15 Star, British war medal and Allies' (Victory) medal of the Great War and the Indian Frontier medal with clasp.

      From 1926 Advertisement Manager of the Illustrated London News.

      He and his wife were living in 1932 at Dover Cottage, Hightown Rd., Roehampton. 1 daughter: Gillian Iris, b. 19 Dec. 1927.
    Person ID I2678  Gibbs Family Tree
    Last Modified 22 Dec 2018 

    Father Maj. Gen. Charles Frederick Gordon Young,   b. 12 Nov 1859, Rawalpindi, Punjab, Pakistan Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Mar 1956, Gosport, Hampshire Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 96 years) 
    Mother Agnes Hilda Gibbs,   b. 4 Sep 1865, Paddington, London Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Mar 1934, London Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 68 years) 
    Marriage 20 Sep 1892  St Mary Abbots Church, Kensington, London Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 20 Sep 1892  St. Thomas, Devon Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F1168  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Gwyndoline Sydney Shoosmith,   b. 11 Jun 1903, Abbey Wood, Kent Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Jan 1999, Yeovil, Somerset Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 95 years) 
    Marriage 26 Jun 1926  Sutton, Surrey Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Divorce 1936 
    Children 
     1. Gillian Iris Gordon Young
    Family ID F1177  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 12 Jan 2018 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 9 Nov 1895 - Rawal Pindi, Jammu and Kashmir, India Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBaptism - 28 Dec 1895 - Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 26 Jun 1926 - Sutton, Surrey Link to Google Earth
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  • Photos
    Stanley, Iris and George Young
    Stanley, Iris and George Young