George Bennett Weston Young

Captain George B. W. Young, 1919.
Portrait: © National Portrait Gallery, London.

Captain George Bennett Weston Young, D.S.O., R.N. (16 January, 1873 – 11 August, 1941) was an officer in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Young was born in Briton Berry, Glamorgan, the son of a Major J. W. Young. He gained ten month's time on passing out of Britannia in July 1888.

Young was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant in December, 1894.

He married Beatrice Hilda Price on 5 December, 1900.

Young was promoted to the rank of Commander in June, 1906.

In April, 1912, Commodore Arbuthnot indicated that Young spoke some French and was "careful and painstaking but not much dash. handles ship well but am doubtful of his making gd captain in the Fleet." Nonetheless, Young was appointed to a very "hot" asset when placed in command of the flotilla leader Swift on 1 August, 1912.

Great War

Young was promoted to the rank of Captain in December, 1915.

He was awarded the D.S.O. for his conduct in command of the armed merchant cruiser Andes, gazetted in June, 1918.

Post-War

He was blamed for wedging H.M.S. Conqueror between dock and basin while serving at Portsmouth as Assistant King's Harbour Master.

He was placed on the Retired List at his own request on 16 January, 1924.

See Also

• Service Records
• Wikipedia

Naval Appointments
Preceded by Hugh P. Buckle	Captain of H.M.S. Cossack 4 Apr, 1910 – 1 May, 1912	Succeeded by Albert M. H. Phillips
Preceded by Basil H. Fanshawe	Captain of H.M.S. Royal Arthur 1 May, 1912 – 26 Jun, 1912	Succeeded by Bentinck J. D. Yelverton
Preceded by Arthur G. Smith	Captain of H.M.S. Endymion 26 Jun, 1912 – 1 Aug, 1912	Succeeded by E. Hyde Parker
Preceded by John S. Dumaresq	Captain of H.M.S. Swift 1 Aug, 1912 – 5 Dec, 1913	Succeeded by Charles J. Wintour
Preceded by Ernest Henslowe	Captain of H.M.S. Albion 27 Jun, 1914 – 1 Aug, 1914	Succeeded by Algernon W. Heneage
Preceded by Herbert MacI. Edwards	Captain of H.M.S. Ariadne 1 Aug, 1914 – 31 Dec, 1914	Succeeded by Hugh S. Shipway
Preceded by Octavius H. Daniel	Captain of H.M.S. Diadem 31 Dec, 1914 – 14 Jan, 1915	Succeeded by Charles Mure
Preceded by Thomas D. Pratt	Captain of H.M.S. Active 14 Jan, 1915 – 29 Jan, 1915	Succeeded by Hugh J. Tweedie
Preceded by Ernest Wigram	Captain of H.M.S. Empress of Britain 29 Jan, 1915 – 20 Apr, 1915	Succeeded by ?
Preceded by Charles W. Trousdale	Captain of H.M.S. Andes 26 May, 1915 – 15 Jun, 1918	Succeeded by Cyril T. Hewlett-Cooper
Preceded by Frederick N. Eardley-Wilmot	Captain of H.M.S. Galatea 1 Jul, 1920 – 10 Jan, 1921	Succeeded by Frederick N. Eardley-Wilmot
Preceded by Peter W. E. Hill	Assistant Captain of Portsmouth Dockyard 10 May, 1921 – 1 Feb, 1923	Succeeded by Edward C. Stubbs
Preceded by Peter W. E. Hill	Assistant King's Harbour Master, Portsmouth 10 May, 1921 – 1 Feb, 1923	Succeeded by Edward C. Stubbs