1859 - 1956 (96 years)
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| Name |
Charles Frederick Gordon Young |
| Title |
Maj. Gen. |
| Birth |
12 Nov 1859 |
Rawalpindi, Punjab, Pakistan  |
- Information from his baptism record. Rawalpindi was part of India at that time, I think Father George Gordon Young was Assistant Commissioner of that "place" was it Rawalpindi or Punjab?
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| Gender |
Male |
| Baptism |
10 Jan 1860 |
Rawalpindi, Punjab, Pakistan |
| Residence |
1871 |
London |
| Census probably wrongly identifies CFGY as son of Crawford. He must have been a visitor in 1871 |
| Military Service |
Between 1877 and 1879 |
South Africa |
| Residence |
1912 |
Kolkata, West Bengal, India |
| Military Service |
Between 1914 and 1920 |
| Death |
17 Mar 1956 |
Gosport, Hampshire |
| Notes |
- His wife's 2nd cousin, he being great-nephew of her grandmother, Lady Elton (born Willis). Son of Colonel Gordon Young (see 'Antony & Dorothea Gibbs' by J.A. Gibbs, 287, n.). Baptised 10 January 1860 at Rawal Pindi. Educated at Bradfield College and Royal Military College, Sandhurst.
2nd Lieut. 99th Foot Regt. May 1878; Lieut. The Wilts. Regt. (into which the 99th was transferred) Jan. 1880. Served in South Africa 1878-79 (medal & clasp in Zulu war): Joined Indian Army (6th Bengal Light Infantry) 1880; Capt. May 1889; served in China 1900 (medal); Major May 1898; Lieut.-Col. May 1904; Colonel May 1907; Major General September 1912 and commanded Jhansi, Peshawar Infantry and Rangoon Brigades. Awarded 1914-15 Star, British War medal, Allies' (Victory) medal of the Great War.
Retired from Indian Army 1919. He and his wife lived from 1919 at Carringtons, Milford-on-Sea, Hants.
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| Person ID |
I2662 |
Gibbs Family Tree |
| Last Modified |
7 Dec 2020 |
| Father |
Colonel George Gordon Young, b. 1837, Bath, Somerset d. 1920, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire (Age 83 years) |
| Mother |
Charlotte Sophia Smith, b. 26 Aug 1840, Agra, Bengal, India d. 20 Nov 1926, Lymington, Hampshire (Age 86 years) |
| Marriage |
5 Oct 1858 |
Murree, Bengal, India |
| Family ID |
F1169 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Agnes Hilda Gibbs, b. 4 Sep 1865, Paddington, London d. 1 Mar 1934, London (Age 68 years) |
| Marriage |
20 Sep 1892 |
St Mary Abbots Church, Kensington, London |
| Married |
20 Sep 1892 |
St. Thomas, Devon |
| Children |
| | 1. Capt. Gerald Antony Gordon Young, b. 9 Nov 1895, Rawal Pindi, Jammu and Kashmir, India d. 2 Apr 1968 (Age 72 years) |
| | 2. Stanley Charles Gordon Young, b. 4 Apr 1898, Westminster, London d. 29 Sep 1928, London (Age 30 years) |
| + | 3. Iris Hilda Gordon Young, b. 18 Dec 1900, Dehra Dun, Uttaranchal, India d. 21 Aug 1986, Horsham, Hampshire (Age 85 years) |
| | 4. Dorothy Beatrice Gordon Young, b. 27 Nov 1903, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India d. 13 Nov 1991, Chichester, Sussex (Age 87 years) |
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| Family ID |
F1168 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
23 Jan 2018 |
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| Event Map |
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 | Birth - 12 Nov 1859 - Rawalpindi, Punjab, Pakistan |
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| Baptism - 10 Jan 1860 - Rawalpindi, Punjab, Pakistan |
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 | Residence - Census probably wrongly identifies CFGY as son of Crawford. He must have been a visitor in 1871 - 1871 - London |
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 | Military Service - Between 1877 and 1879 - South Africa |
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 | Marriage - 20 Sep 1892 - St Mary Abbots Church, Kensington, London |
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 | Married - 20 Sep 1892 - St. Thomas, Devon |
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 | Residence - 1912 - Kolkata, West Bengal, India |
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 | Death - 17 Mar 1956 - Gosport, Hampshire |
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