YOUNGER David Reginald

  • First Name(s):
    David 
    Reginald 
  • Surname:
    YOUNGER
  • Service Number:
    Unknown
  • Rank:

    Captain

  • Conflict:
    Boer War
  • Service:
    Army
  • Regiment:
    Gordon Highlanders
  • Battalion:
    1st Battalion
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    11th July 1900
  • Age At Death:
  • Cause of Death:
    Died of wounds
  • Place of Death:
    Near Krugersdorp, South Africa
  • Place of Burial:
    Unknown
  • Place of Birth:
    Leith, Midlothian, Scotland
  • Home Town:
    St George, Edinburgh, Scotland
  • Casualty's Relatives:

    Son of David Younger and Marie Isadora (nee Macleay) Younger

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YOUNGER David Reginald Is Named On These Memorials

Malvern College Boer War Memorial

Notes About The Memorial(s) Listed Above

Additional information on the memorial: V.C., Captain, Gordon Highlanders.

Further Information About YOUNGER David Reginald

David Younger was born on the 17th March 1871 at Leith, Midlothian, Scotland, the son of David Younger (1844-90) and Marie Isadora Younger (nee Macleay 1850-?). Siblings: Ethel K Younger, 1874; Francis N Younger, 1876; George K Younger, 1879; Henrietta L Younger, 1881.

David Younger was commissioned in the Gordon Highlanders in 1893 from the Duke of Edinburgh’s Own Edinburgh Artillery. He served on the North-west Indian Frontier and arrived in South Africa in October 1899.

Victoria Cross Action
At Krugersdorp after a Boer attack threatened to capture artillery guns and supplies, he led a group of volunteers, under heavy and accurate fire, to pull one of the wagons to the safety of a small kopje (hill). He was mortally wounded at this time and died of his wounds shortly after.
“His cool and gallant conduct was the admiration of all who witnessed it.”

There were two other Victoria Crosses won in the same action, Maj W E Gordon who had organized the rescue of the guns and supplies and Cpl. John F MacKay, who carried Capt. Younger to cover, after he was wounded and prior to his death. Both Gordon and MacKay survived the action.

Sources: AngloBoerWar.com, My Heritage, Boer War Casualties Catalog, My Heritage, Mercier Web site, Wikipedia, David Reginald Younger page, Wikipedia, Picture

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Credits: All information on David Younger has been researched by and is courtesy of Dave Scrimger. Photo courtesy of Dave Scrimger.