Educated at
George Watson's College in
Edinburgh, Young was
commissioned into the
Royal Scots in 1945. He was seconded to the
Glider Pilot Regiment in 1949 and qualified as a pilot. He served in the
Malayan Emergency in the early 1950s and won his
Distinguished Flying Cross operating at low levels over rugged jungle terrain with
656 Air Observation Squadron. and then became Director, Infantry, in 1977. He was made
General Officer Commanding Scotland and
Governor of Edinburgh Castle in 1980, before retiring from regular service in 1982. He became Colonel Commandant of the
Ulster Defence Regiment from 1986 to 1991. In retirement he became Chairman of Cairntech Limited. He was also Chairman of the Scottish Committee of
Marie Curie Cancer Care. ==Family==