Talk:Desmond Young (British Army officer)

Did you know nomination

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The result was: promoted by Theleekycauldron (talk) 07:19, 27 November 2021 (UTC)

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• ... that British Army Brigadier Desmond Young wrote a biography of German Field Marshal Erwin Rommel after meeting him when taken prisoner during the Battle of Gazala? " Brigadier Desmond Young of the British Indian Army was captured. ... a wiry General jumped out of a Volkswagen ... this was Rommel" from: Khanna, K. K. (7 May 2015). Art of Generalship. United Service Institution. p. 18. ISBN 978-93-82652-93-9. and "biographer of Rommel" from: "Desmond Young, Adventurer, Dies". New York Times (page 45). ProQuest. 28 June 1966.
  • ALT1: ... that Desmond Young's biography of Rommel was criticised for portraying him as a "blue-eyed god who could do no wrong"? "set up Rommel as 'a blue-eyed god who could do no wrong'" from: "Desmond Young Dies; Author of 'Rommel', page 476". Daily News (New York). Newspapers.com. 28 Jun 1966. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  • ALT2: ... that British Army Brigadier Desmond Young escaped a prisoner of war camp in Italy and went on to edit a pro-Allied newspaper in Switzerland?"captured and taken to italy where he heads the prisoner-of-war camp's excape route ... Mr Young escapes to Switzerland where the war's end finds him editing an Allied newspaper" from: "Desmond Young, Adventurer, Dies". New York Times (page 45). ProQuest. 28 June 1966.
  • ALT3: ... that future British Army Brigadier Desmond Young was asked to leave the University of Oxford after failing to attend any lectures?"prepared for life by a perfunctory education at Oxford where he attended no lectures and where he was urged by the authorities to leave" from: "Desmond Young, Adventurer, Dies". New York Times (page 45). ProQuest. 28 June 1966.

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Moved to mainspace by Dumelow (talk). Self-nominated at 17:18, 13 November 2021 (UTC).

• New enough, long enough, reads well, no copy vio issues. All hooks in article and followed by inline citations. Proposed hook is good and length okay, followed by inline citation to a book I can't access. ALT1 is also good. AGF here. One disambiguous link...may be fix if possible. Thank you. Whispyhistory (talk) 20:50, 16 November 2021 (UTC)

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Picture

I've just added a picture from the NYT which is poor but better than nothing. The NPG seem to have the original but it's not online. Andrew🐉(talk) 13:40, 7 December 2021 (UTC)

There's a better picture on a back of a German-language book which can be seen here but it's at an angle and so distorted. Perhaps there's a better version out there...? Andrew🐉(talk) 13:48, 7 December 2021 (UTC)

military awards

one is awarded or earns a military decoration. you win your wings. or green beret. you do not win military decorations. it's not a contest. your use of this term is insulting and shows ignorance. 47.187.159.199 (talk) 20:57, 20 August 2022 (UTC)

Work in India

According to B. D. Garga, Young worked for the Indian Government before he joined the military forces: [1]http://www.colonialfilm.org.uk/production-company/information-films-of-india 178.190.179.179 (talk) 21:57, 27 November 2022 (UTC)