John Young (brewer)

John Allen Young CBE (7 August 1921 in Winchester – 17 September 2006, Wisborough Green, West Sussex) was an English brewer.

Both his father, William Allen Young and his mother, Joan Barrow Simonds, were from well-known brewing families.

During the Second World War, he served as a fighter pilot in the Fleet Air Arm, attaining the rank of lieutenant commander in 1945 at the age of 24.

He started a career in shipping, and while in Antwerp, Belgium, he met his future wife, Yvonne Lieutenant.

Young's Brewery was situated in the centre of Wandsworth, and although it had been there for 500 years, the borough wished to develop the area.

It is situated in the Old Sergeant, in Garratt Lane, Wandsworth, and is the room over the old coach house, which can be seen from the street at the right of the building.

Historic photos, signs and posters are displayed on the walls and a cabinet holds smaller articles.