Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Wani fasalin aikin Young na musamman shi ne a matsayin mai gyara 'yan sanda a yankunan mulkin mallaka. An aika da Young zuwa irin wannan aikin sau huɗu. Na farko ya zo ne a wani ɗan gajeren lokaci a Gold Coast a 1950 yana shirya tsarin aikin 'yan sanda yayin da ake shirya mulkin mallaka don zama yankin farko na Burtaniya a Afirka da za a ba da' yancin kai tun Afirka ta Kudu a 1910. Sannan a cikin 1952-1953 an tura Young zuwa Tarayyar Malaya don zama Kwamishinan 'Yan Sanda a lokacin Gaggawa.
Ka yi haƙuri. A cikin 1954, an nemi Young ya sake yin aiki a karo na biyu a cikin yankunan da ke fama da rikici na Burtaniya - a wannan karon a Kenya a matsayin Kwamishinan 'yan sanda a lokacin Mau Mau. Amma, ya yi murabus bayan kasa da watanni takwas, domin ya ƙi amincewa da yadda ake wulaƙanta wasu 'yan tawayen.