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Born 1919; educated at Glasgow High School and Glasgow University; served in World War Two, 1939-1945; commissioned into the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers, 1940; served with Maritime Royal Artillery, 1940-1943; service with 8 Bn The Parachute Regt, 1944-1946 in France, Belgium and Palestine; Deputy Assistant Adjutant and Quartermaster General and Bde Maj, Parachute Bde, Palestine, 1946-1948; attended Staff College, Camberley, Surrey, 1949; Company commander with Highland Light Infantry, North Africa, Malta and Egypt, 1951-1953; Second in Command, Army Air Transport and Development Centre, Old Sarum, Wiltshire, 1953-1955; Bde Maj, 16 Independent Parachute Bde Group, Cyprus, and Suez, 1956; awarded MBE, 1957; Second in Command, 2 Bn Parachute Regt, Jordan, 1958; commanded Regimental Depot, Royal Highland Fusiliers, 1958-1959; commanded 1 Bn, Royal Highland Fusiliers in Aden, Malta and Libya, 1960-1962; commanded Infantry Bde Group, West Germany, 1962-1965; Imperial Defence College, 1966; Brig, General Staff, Headquarters, Middle East Land Forces, Aden, 1967; awarded CBE, 1968; General Officer Commanding North West District, 1968-1970; Col, Royal Highland Fusiliers, 1969-1978; Director of Infantry, Ministry of Defence, 1970-1973; retired 1973; Vice President, Army Cadet Force Association (Scotland), 1976-1978; Director, British Red Cross Society, Perth and Kinross, 1977-1981; Member, Royal Company of Archers (Queen's Body Guard for Scotland); died 1981.