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Peter Young (British Army officer, born 1912)

This article is about the British soldier who defined the Green line in Cyprus. For the British soldier, later historian and founder of the Sealed Knot, see Peter Young (historian). For other people called Peter Young, see Peter Young (disambiguation).

Peter Young
Born(1912-07-15)15 July 1912
Died4 November 1976(1976-11-04) (aged 64)
Pewsey, Wiltshire, England
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Service/branchBritish Army
Years of service1932–1968
RankMajor general
Service number53743
UnitOxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
CommandsCyprus District
1st Brigade Royal Nigeria Regiment
44 Parachute Brigade
1st Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
16th (Staffords) Parachute Battalion
Battles/warsSecond World War
Palestine Emergency
Cypriot intercommunal violence
AwardsCompanion of the Order of the Bath
Commander of the Order of the British Empire

Major General Peter George Francis Young, CB, CBE (15 July 1912 – 4 November 1976) was a senior British Army officer who served in the Second World War and later was General Officer Commanding Cyprus District from 1962 to 1964.

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