Major General Sir George Younghusband

He was born in 1859 and joined the Army in 1878. He soon transferred to the Guides, of all Indian regiments arguably the one with the best fighting reputation on the North West Frontier. As well as serving there he also saw action in Afghanistan, the Sudan, Burma, the Boer war and the Philippines – the last named being in the Spanish American war of 1898.

He was promoted Lieutenant Colonel in 1900 and made CB in the same year. He was made KCIE in 1913. After the debacle at Lahej he was in Egypt commanding a brigade of the Frontier Force and was India’s first choice to relieve Major-General David Shaw as Resident in Aden.

From left to right
Front row: Major Bradshaw GSO, Harold Jacob, Sir George Younghusband, Colonel Wanhope RE, Lt-Col W Beale.
Back Row: Mr Thulson (?), Major Morse, Capt. Guyer ADC, Capt Reilly.

For his work in Aden he was appointed KCMG. On retiring from the Army in 1917 he became Keeper of the Jewel House in the Tower of London. He died in 1944.