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|title=St. John Graham Young, GC | |title=St. John Graham Young, GC | ||
|publisher=George Cross database | |publisher=George Cross database | ||
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|title=George Cross Recipients – Summary Index | |title=George Cross Recipients – Summary Index | ||
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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 | 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 2008}}</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 /> | 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 /> | ||