George Younghusband, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

George Younghusband

British Indian Army officer

Date of Birth: 09-Jul-1859

Place of Birth: Dharamshala, Himachal Pradesh, India

Date of Death: 30-Sep-1944

Profession: military personnel

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Major General Sir George John Younghusband, (9 July 1859 – 30 September 1944) was a cavalry officer and major-general in the British Indian Army. Younghusband was commissioned into the 17th Foot in 1878.
He later transferred to the British Indian Army's Guides Cavalry and served in several conflicts, including the Second Afghan War, the Mahdist War, the Third Burmese War, the Second Boer War and finally in the First World War.
Due to wounds received on the battlefield, he was forced to retire from the army in 1917. In his later life he became a noted author of several books, and the Keeper of the Jewel House at the Tower of London, until his death on 30 September 1944, at Crickhowell in Wales.