Charles Frearson Younger (9 September 1885 – 21 March 1917) was a
Scottish
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first-class
cricket
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er and
British Army
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officer.
The son of the brewer and politician
Sir George Younger, and his wife, Lucy, he was born at
Tillicoultry, Clackmannanshire.
He was educated in England at
Cheam School
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History
The school started in Cheam, Surrey. ...
, before attending
Winchester College
Winchester College is a public school (fee-charging independent day and boarding school) in Winchester, Hampshire, England. It was founded by William of Wykeham in 1382 and has existed in its present location ever since. It is the oldest of the ...
.
He was a member of the Winchester cricket XI and was considered a
bowler of good length.
From Winchester, Younger went up to
New College, Oxford
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.
While studying at Oxford, he made a single appearance in
first-class cricket
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for
Oxford University
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against the
Marylebone Cricket Club
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at
Oxford
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in 1907,
taking two wickets in the match and scoring 27 runs. He was absent on the first day of the match, leaving Oxford a man short in their first innings. Younger made no further appearances for Oxford and failed to gain a
blue
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.
After graduating from Oxford, he entered into his father's brewing business in
Alloa, George Younger and Son, assisting with its management.
Younger was commissioned as a
second lieutenant
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Australia
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in the
Lothians and Border Horse
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in December 1909. A member of the Clackmannanshire county cricket team,
he was selected to play for
Scotland
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in a first-class match against the touring
South Africans
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at
Glasgow
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in 1912.
He scored 15 runs in the match and took two wickets with his left-arm
medium pace. Younger was commissioned. Younger served in the
First World War
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, during which he was promoted to
lieutenant
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The meaning of lieutenant differs in different militaries (see comparative military ranks), but it is often sub ...
in August 1914.
Younger was seriously wounded in action at
Saint-Léger on 20 March 1917, rendering him unconscious. He succumbed to his wounds the following day, having been evacuated to
Aveluy
Aveluy () is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.
See also
*Communes of the Somme department
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The communes cooperate in the f ...
. He was buried at the Aveluy Communal Cemetery. Younger was survived by his wife, Marjory, whom he had married in 1913.
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1885 births
1917 deaths
People from Tillicoultry
Younger sons of viscounts
People educated at Cheam School
People educated at Winchester College
Alumni of New College, Oxford
Scottish cricketers
Oxford University cricketers
Scottish brewers
Lothians and Border Horse officers
British Army personnel of World War I
British military personnel killed in World War I
20th-century Scottish businesspeople