Edward Preston "Teddy" Young, DSO, DSC & Bar (17 November 1913 – 28 January 2003), was a British graphic designer, submariner and publisher.

Previously managing director at Bodley Head, it was Lane who invited Young to join his new company.

He was lucky in that both the commanding officer and First Lieutenant of Atherstone had served in submarines and were able to impart a lot of knowledge to Young.

[8] In August 1940, Young reported to HMS Dolphin to find that he was the only one of the three RNVR volunteers to have progressed to training.

In the dark night of 19/20 July 1941 the boat was not seen by Peter Hendriks, an armed trawler escorting a south bound convoy, and the two ships collided.

Young was not on duty at the time and after the collision found himself in a flooding boat resting on the bottom of the North Sea in 80 feet (24.4 m) of water.

Having tried to surface the boat using compressed air and having searched for other survivors, Young ended up in the conning tower with the First Lieutenant, an Engine Room Artificer (ERA) and an able seaman.

They estimated that as a result of the angle of the boat and the height of the conning tower there was only about 45 feet (13.7 m) above them and that they should attempt to swim to the surface.

[2] Following the sinking of Umpire Young was posted as Torpedo Officer to HMS Sealion, an S-class submarine.

She undertook a number of patrols and Young was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross (DSC) following the sinking of the Italian submarine Granito in December 1942.

[16] Arriving back in England in January 1943, Young passed the COQC (or perisher as it was commonly known)[2] and was appointed commanding officer of HMS P555, an American S-class boat acquired by the Royal Navy in 1942.

This was to be the only patrol in European waters as Young and Storm sailed to the Pacific in late December 1943 to become part of Fourth Submarine Flotilla at Trincomalee, Ceylon (now Sri Lanka).

After two patrols Storm landed an agent on the Japanese held island of Pulau Weh in northwest Sumatra.

[1][20] During a final patrol from Trincomalee, Young took Storm into Port Owen on Tavoy Island and in a surface action sank several vessels.

[24] Once home, Young parted company with Storm and was promoted to commander on 31 July 1945 with a staff appointment with Seventh Submarine Flotilla aboard HMS Cyclops becoming the only RNVR officer to hold such a post.