... Yorkshire who joined the army in early 1915 expecting to be sporting the hunting horn cap badge of the King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry only to find that at the whim of the war office they were ‘jocks’ in the dark green tartan of the oldest highland regiment ...

... and started his military career during the Second World War with the 40th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment Royal Artillery' at Inverness 1042 was Battery' Sergeant Major with the 51st Highland Division at Alamein where was badly wounded After year spent recovering ...

... Public Relations Officer During World War II he served as a gunner in the 51st Highland Division in the Western Desert later in the Royal Fusiliers and Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry In peacetime he served for 17 years in 67th The Black Watch (RHR) A newspaper ...

... in Whitehall London In the Second World War he served in the Royal Artillery Royal Fusiliers and the Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry In peacetime he served for 17 years in the 67th Bn of the Black Watch (TA) Braco Hall The Village hall is situated opposite ...