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{{short description|British recipient of the George Cross}} | {{short description|British recipient of the George Cross}} | ||
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|title=St. John Graham Young, GC | |title=St. John Graham Young, GC | ||
|publisher=George Cross database | |publisher=George Cross database | ||
|accessdate=25 May 2008 |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20080531181535/http://www.gc-database.co.uk/recipients/YoungSG.htm <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archivedate = 31 May | |accessdate=25 May 2008 |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20080531181535/http://www.gc-database.co.uk/recipients/YoungSG.htm <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archivedate = 31 May 2022}}</ref><ref name=GCDBlist>{{cite web | ||
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|title=George Cross Recipients | |title=George Cross Recipients – Summary Index | ||
|publisher=George Cross database | |publisher=George Cross database | ||
|accessdate=25 May 2008 |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20080417185521/http://www.gc-database.co.uk/alpha.htm <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archivedate = 17 April | |accessdate=25 May 2008 |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20080417185521/http://www.gc-database.co.uk/alpha.htm <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archivedate = 17 April 2022}}</ref> | ||
Notice of the award was published in the ''[[London Gazette]]'' on 20 July 1945.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=37185|supp=y|page=3765|date=17 July 1945}}</ref> | Notice of the award was published in the ''[[London Gazette]]'' on 20 July 1945.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=37185|supp=y|page=3765|date=17 July 1945}}</ref> Young had been leading a night patrol on 23 July 1944, when he and his men found themselves in an enemy minefield. He received the full force of a mine explosion, severely injuring both legs. Despite his wounds, his encouragement enabled the majority of his men to reach safety. One of them, [[Sowar]] [[Ditto Ram]], was also posthumously awarded the GC for his actions in the same incident.<ref name=CWGC>{{cite web|url=http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2098122|title=Commonwealth War Graves Commission—Casualty details—Young, St John Graham|publisher=[[Commonwealth War Graves Commission]]|accessdate=27 May 2022}}</ref> | ||
Young was born in [[Esher]] in [[Surrey]],<ref name=GCDB /> educated at [[Bloxham School]] in [[Oxfordshire]] and commissioned into the RTR in 1942.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=35433|supp=y|page=438|date=23 January 1942}}</ref> | Young was born in [[Esher]] in [[Surrey]],<ref name=GCDB /> educated at [[Bloxham School]] in [[Oxfordshire]] and commissioned into the RTR in 1942.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=35433|supp=y|page=438|date=23 January 1942}}</ref> He is buried in [[Arezzo War Cemetery]].<ref name=CWGC /> | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
{{Reflist}} | {{Reflist}} | ||
* Kempton, Chris, | * Kempton, Chris, The Victoria Crosses and George Crosses of the Honourable East India Company and Indian Army, Military Press, 2001, {{ISBN|0-85420-309-5}} | ||
* King George V's Own Central India Horse. The story (continued) of a Local Corps. Volume 2 by Brig. A. A. Filose. | * King George V's Own Central India Horse. The story (continued) of a Local Corps. Volume 2 by Brig. A. A. Filose. | ||
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[[Category:1921 births]] | [[Category:1921 births]] | ||
[[Category:1944 deaths]] | [[Category:1944 deaths]] | ||
[[Category:British recipients of the George Cross]] | [[Category:British recipients of the George Cross]] | ||
[[Category:British Indian Army officers]] | [[Category:British Indian Army officers]] | ||
[[Category:Royal Tank Regiment officers]] | [[Category:Royal Tank Regiment officers]] | ||
[[Category:British | [[Category:British Army personnel killed in World War II]] | ||
[[Category:People educated at Bloxham School]] | [[Category:People educated at Bloxham School]] | ||
[[Category:People from Esher]] | [[Category:People from Esher]] | ||
[[Category:Indian Army personnel of World War II]] | [[Category:Indian Army personnel of World War II]] | ||
[[Category:Burials at Arezzo War Cemetery]] | [[Category:Burials at Arezzo War Cemetery]] | ||
[[Category:Military personnel from Surrey]] | |||