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Yates, A.G.
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Yunnie, R.P.

 

A.G. Yates   to   R.P Yunnie
Yates,
Arthur George
A.G. Yates		 ?
-
Gnr.
 		?
2nd Lt.
 		04.06.1938
WS/Lt.
 		01.03.1943 (reld < 04.1946)



late Cadet, Bedford School Contingent, Junior Division, Officer Training Corps



served in the ranks, Honourable Artillery Company
04.06.1938

commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery - Territorial Army
04.06.1938
 -
 		(01.1939)
 		418th (Bedfordshire) Battery, 105th (Bedfordshire Yeomanry) Army Field Regiment RA (Biggleswade)
24.08.1939

mobilized TA
(1939)
 -
 		(1940)
 		"C" Battery, 52nd Heavy Regiment RA
Yates,
Geoffrey Hartley
 G.H. Yates

 		?
-
2nd Lt.
 		08.06.1940 [40602]
WS/Capt.
 		05.01.1941
T/Maj.
 		05.01.1941-17.10.1942
WS/Maj.
 		18.10.1942
T/Lt.Col.
 		18.10.1942-(04.1946)
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (Military Division) OBE
 30.09.1941
 non-combattant gallantry
Mention in Despatches MID
 17.12.1940
 non-combattant gallantry
Officer, Legion of Merit (USA) LM
 14.11.1947
 ?
08.06.1940

commissioned, Corps of Royal Engineers [emergency commission]
(1940)
 -
 		(1941)
 		Officer Commanding, No. 2 Bomb Disposal Company RE
(05.1941)
  
 		 
 		Officer Commanding, No. 25 Bomb Disposal Company, RE [?]
Yates,
Peter Mandall
P.M. Yates (Photo courtesy of Mr Steve Brack)
Son of ... Yates, and ... Hatley.
From Doncaster.
 (03?).1914
Donacaster, Lincolnshire / Nottinghamshire / Yorkshire - West Riding
-
2nd Lt.
 		12.04.1933 [58824]
Lt.
 		12.04.1936
WS/Capt.
 		23.06.1940
T/Maj.
 		23.06.1940-(04.1941)
Member of the Order of the British Empire (Military Division) MBE
 14.10.1943
 Middle East (Egypt and Libya)
1939-1945 Star 39|45 St
 -
 -
Africa Star Afr St
 -
 -
Defence Medal Def M
 -
 -
British War Medal 1939-1945 BWM 39|45
 -
 -



late Cadet, St Peter's School Contingent, Junior Division, Officer Training Corps

12.04.1933

commissioned, Corps of Royal Engineers - Supplementary Reserve of Officers
24.08.1939

mobilized TA
1939?
 -
 		1942?
 		Officer Commanding, 106th Army Troops Company RE (France, UK, Middle East)
12.04.1943
  
 		 
 		transferred, Regular Army Reserve of Officers
Young,
Charles William Marr
C.W.M. Young 		16.02.1915
-
died before 02.1967
2nd Lt.
 		31.01.1935 [64553]
Lt.
 		31.01.1938
A/Capt.
 		03.09.1939-16.10.1939, 17.09.1940-02.11.1940
T/Capt.
 		03.11.1940-30.01.1943
Capt.
 		31.01.1943
A/Maj.
 		13.11.1945-27.12.1945, 14.01.1946-01.03.1946
T/Maj.
 		02.03.1946-30.01.1948
Maj.
 		31.01.1948
T/Lt.Col.
 		13.12.1947-19.04.1954
Lt.Col.
 		12.04.1955 (retd 29.01.1958)
Officer of the Order of the British Empire OBE
 01.06.1953
 Pakistan
NW Frontier of India 37-39 Medal & Clasp
31.01.1935

commissioned into the Royal Corps of Signals
(01.1937)

served at Aldershot
(01.1939)

served in India



?



served in Pakistan
08.05.1955
 -
 		(02.1957)
 		Chief Signals Officer, General Headquarters East Africa
AMIEE
Young,
John Frederick
J.F. Young		 ?
-
Lt.
 		30.10.1935 [65990]
Capt.
 		01.11.1938
Maj.
 		01.04.1939
Hon. Lt.Col.
 		?
Distinguished Service Order DSO
 21.06.1945
 NW Europe
Chevalier of the Order of Leopold II with palm (Belgium) LeoII
 08.12.1945
 Belgium
Croix de Guerre 1940 with palm CdeG
 08.12.1945
 Belgium



late Flying Officer, RAF
30.10.1935

commissioned into the Royal Regiment of Artillery - Territorial Army (52nd (London) Anti-Aircraft Brigade)
24.08.1939

mobilized TA



Commanding Officer, 119th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment
Young,
Peter
P. Young P. Young
P. Young 
Son of Dallas H.W. Young, MBE, and Irene Barbara Lushington Mellor.
Married (1950) Joan Duckworth; no children.
 28.07.1915
Kensington district, Greater London
-
13.09.1988
Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire
2nd Lt.
 		26.08.1937 [77254]
Lt.
 		26.08.1940
A/Capt.
 		16.09.1940-15.12.1940
T/Capt.
 		16.12.1940-25.06.1942
WS/Capt.
 		26.06.1942
Capt.
 		26.08.1945
A/Maj.
 		05.03.1942-25.04.1942,
18.05.1942-25.06.1942
T/Maj.
 		26.06.1942-31.10.1943
WS/Maj.
 		01.11.1943
Maj.
 		?
A/Lt.Col.
 		01.08.1943-31.10.1943
T/Lt.Col.
 		01.11.1943-05.04.1945
WS/Lt.Col.
 		06.04.1945-18.11.1948 (Employed List (1))
Lt.Col.
 		28.02.1956 (retd 17.07.1959)
A/Col.
 		06.10.1945-05.04.1945
T/Col.
 		06.04.1945-06.03.1946
A/Brig.
19.06.1945-18.12.1945
T/Brig.
 		19.12.1945-04.01.1946
Hon. Brig.
 		17.07.1959
Distinguished Service Order DSO
 02.10.1942
 Dieppe
Military Cross MC
 03.04.1942
 Vaagsö & Maaloy
Military Cross MC
 21.10.1943
 Sicily
Military Cross MC
 13.01.1944
 Italy

Order of El Istiqlal (Jordan) 3rd Class, 1954.

Education: Monmouth School; Trinity College, Oxford (MA); Staff College, Camberley (psc)
26.08.1937

commissioned, General List - University Candidates
28.01.1939
 -
 		1940
 		commissioned, Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment (served BEF Dunkirk (wounded))
1940
 		-
 		1942
 		No. 3 Commando (raids on Guernsey, 1940; Lofoten and Vaagso, 1941, Dieppe, 1942, Sicily and Italy, 1943)
05.03.1942
 		-
 		25.04.1942
 		General Staff Officer, 2nd grade (GSO2), Combined Operations HQ
1942
 		-
 		1943
 		Second-in-Command, No. 3 Commando
1943
 		-
 		1945
 		Commanding Officer, No. 3 Commando (Normandy, 1944; Arakan, 1944-45)
1945
 		-
 		1946
 		Commander, 1st Commando Brigade
09.11.1951
 -
 		08.03.1953
 		General Staff Officer, 2nd grade (GSO2), GHQ Middle East Land forces
1953
 -
 		1956
 		Commanded 9th Regiment Arab Legion
03.07.1956
 -
 		29.09.1956
 		General Staff Officer, 1st grade (GSO1), School of Amphibious Warfare
Reader in Military History, Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst, 1959-69. General Editor, Military Memoirs series, 1967-; Editor, Purnell's History of First World War, 1970-72; Editor in Chief, Orbis' World War II, 1972-74; TV Consultant: Churchill and the Generals, 1980; 1798, The Year of the French, 1981; By The Sword Divided, 1st series 1983 (Military Consultant), 2nd series 1984 (Historical Adviser). Vice-President: Commando Association; Naseby Preservation Society; Military Historical Society; Chairman, Cheriton 1644 Association. FSA 1960; FRGS 1968. 
Published: Bedouin Command, 1956; Storm from the Sea, 1958; The Great Civil War (with late Lt­Col Alfred H. Burne, DSO), 1959; Cromwell, 1962; Hastings to Culloden (with John Adair), 1964; World War 1939-45, 1966; Edgehill, 1642: The Campaign and the Battle, 1967; The British Army, 1642-1970, 1967; The Israeli Campaign, 1967, 1967; (ed) Decisive Battles of the Second World War, 1967; Charge (with Lt­Col J. P. Lawford), 1967; (jt editor) The Civil War: Richard Atkyns and John Gwyn, 1967; Oliver Cromwell, 1968; Commando, 1969; Cropredy Bridge, 1644 (with Margaret Toynbee), 1970; Marston Moor, 1644, 1970; (ed. with Lt­Col J. P. Lawford) History of the British Army, 1970; Chasseurs of the Guard, 1971; The Arab Legion, 1971; George Washington's Army, 1972; (ed) John Cruso, Militarie Instructions for the Cavall'rie, 1972; Blücher's Army, 1973; Armies of the English Civil War, 1973; (with Lt­Col J. P. Lawford) Wellington's Masterpiece, 1973; (ed and contrib.) The War Game, 1973; (ed and contrib.) The Machinery of War, 1973; (with R. Holmes) The English Civil War, 1974; Atlas of the Second World War, 1974; (with M. Toynbee) Strangers in Oxford, 1974; (with W. Emberton) The Cavalier Army, 1974; (ed with Brig. M. Calvert) A Dictionary of Battles: 1816-1976, 1977; 1815-1915, 1977; 1715-1815, 1978; (with W. Emberton) Sieges of the Great Civil War, 1642-1646, 1978; Civil War England, 1981; D­Day, 1981; The Fighting Man, 1981; Naseby 1645: the campaign and the battle, 1985; (contrib.) Napoleon's Marshals, 1987; numerous articles in Army Historical Research Journal and Chambers's Encyclopædia.
Yunnie,
Robert Park
"Bob"
R.P. Yunnie R.P. Yunnie
Lived at Aberdeen.
 		24.04.1909
Inverness district, Inverness, Scotland
-
03.1961
Congo Republic (died as a mercenary)
2nd Lt.
 		25.05.1941 [201206]
WS/Lt.
 		02.03.1942 (reld < 04.1946)
T/Capt.
10.10.1942-(04.1944)
Hon. Capt.
 		< 04.1946
Military Cross MC
 08.02.1945
 Italy *
* On 12 June 1944 at the mouth of River Tenna, Italy, then in enemy hands, Capt. Yunnie was landed from the sea to make arrangements for the subsequent landing of a raiding force of armed vehicles. On the night of 15/16 June the L.C.T. carrying this foce was successfully signalled in from the shore by Capt. Yunnie. The landing craft broached to, the vehicles could not be landed and the ship had to be abandoned. Capt. Yunnie declined to be taken off by the escorting vessel and having volunteered to remain on shore with a foot party, he operated for several days in the immediate rear of the retreating enemy, causing considerable confusion. In the course of a well-timed action he overpowered the German guard and the Demolition Party responsible for the blowing up of a main road bridge which was thus preserved for the use of our own pursuing forces.
 		Insurance broker.
19.09.1939
  
 		 
 		enlisted & served in the ranks, Royal Army Service Corps (1st Cavalry Division)
?
 -
 		25.05.1941
 		Officer Cadet Training Unit, Cairo
25.05.1941
  
 		 
 		commissioned, The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) [emergency commission]
?
 -
 		11.1942
 		served Libyan Arab Force
23.11.1942
 - 1945? No 1 Demolition Squadron, PPA ("Popski's Private Army") (Western Desert [Tunisia & Algeria], Italy & Austria)
Published: The cause and cure of disease (1950); Warriors on wheels (1959; memoirs) [republished as: Fighting with Popski's Private Army]
       
 
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