Born  08.07.1918  Glasgow, Scotland
Died  20.10.2008  Edinburgh, Scotland  

28.06.1941    commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant with the 4th Bn. King's Own Scottish Borderers
27.06.1943    as an (acting) Captain commanding the Anti-Tank Platoon 4th KOSB
20.01.1965    as a Brigadier Brigade Commander HQ (Lowland) Infantry Brigade (TA)
01.06.1968    Divisional Brigadier, Scottish Division
08.07.1973    retired
1970-            Colonel, The King's Own Scottish Borderers
 

28.06.1941	2nd Lieutenant
15.05.1942  [07.09.1946] KOSB	Lieutenant
15.05.1942-14.08.1942	Acting/Captain
15.08.1942-19.08.1942	Temporary/Captain
27.06.1943-02.02.1946	Temporary/Captain
03.02.1946	War Substansive/Captain
03.11.1945-02.02.1946	Acting/Major
03.02.1946-27.06.1946	Temporary/Major
15.11.1946	Captain
28.02.1950-18.05.1952	Temporary/Major
15.11.1953	Major
21.09.1959	Lieutenant-Colonel
09.08.1964  [20.01.1965]	Colonel
20.01.1965-30.12.1966	Temporary/Brigadier
31.12.1966	Brigadier

Publications:
1945   War history 1939-1945 The Fourth Bn. King's Own Scottish Borderers
1991   One blue bonnet : a Scottish soldier looks back