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David Young (British Army officer)
Lieutenant General Sir David Tod Young KBE CB DFC (17 May 1926 – 9 January 2000) was General Officer Commanding Scotland.
==Military career==
Educated at George Watson's College in Edinburgh, Young was commissioned into the Royal Scots in 1945.〔Debrett's People of Today 1994〕 He was seconded to the Glider Pilot Regiment in 1949 and qualified as a pilot.〔(Lt-Gen Sir David Young ) Glasgow Herald, 18 January 2000〕
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.〔
He was selected to be Commanding Officer of 1st Bn the Royal Scots in 1967.〔 In 1970 he was appointed Commander of 12th Mechanised Brigade and in 1972 he became Deputy Military Secretary at the Ministry of Defence.〔 He moved on to be Commander Land Forces at HQ Northern Ireland in 1975 at the height of the Troubles〔(Lt-Gen Sir David Young ) The Scotsman, 19 January 2000〕 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.〔
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