[Rev.] Andrew Robert Coghill
"Andy"
Son (with two sisters) of Robert Wemyss Muir "Robby" Arbuthnot (1889-1962), and Mary "Molly" Coghill (1891-1986).
Married (09.08.1952, St James's Church, Stedham, Midhurst district, Sussex) Mrs Charles Roger Dutton-Barker, née Audrey Eileen Johnson as her second husband, only daughter of Denys Billinghurst Johnson, MC (1890-1966), solicitor, and Dorothy M. Tebb, of Midhurst, Sussex; one son, one daughter.
St George Hanover Square district, London / Middlesex
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11.12.2010
[Tilford, near Farnham, Surrey?]
| 2nd Lt. | 22.09.1944 [330887] |
| WS/Lt. | 22.03.1945 |
| Lt. | ? (reld 1947) |
| Hon. Capt. | 01.01.1949 |
| 22.09.1944 | - | 1947 | commissioned, Scots Guards [emergency commission] (wounded) |
| 01.01.1949 | Scots Guards - Regular Army Reserve of Officers |
Published: Love that heals (1986; with Audrey Arbuthnot); Christian prayer and healing (1989); All you need is more and more of Jesus (1993).
Miss Faith Deborah Etrenne
"Fay"
Daughter of Lt.Col. Archibald Hugh "Archie" Arbuthnot (1875-1959), Indian Army, and Marjory Beech (1891-1975).
Married (14.06.1948) Edmund O'Donnell Colley Grattan, FRCS (02.02.1910 - 1985), late of Colonial Medical Service, only son of Colley Edmund George Hume Grattan (1864-1936), and Winifred Katherine Wyndham Barnard (1873-1952), of Tyrconnel Lodge, Canford Cliffs, Dorset.; two sons, two daughters.
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15.03.2009
[Petworth, W Sussex?]
| 2nd Sub. | 21.08.1942 [244653] |
| WS/Sub. | 21.02.1943 (reld 1946?) |
| 21.08.1942 | - | (04.1946) | commissioned, Auxiliary Territorial Service |
Frank Marshall Prescott
(originally:
Prescott, Frank Marshall; adopted the surname of Arbuthnot)
Illegitimate son of Theodora Prescott, typist of Hoylake, Cheshire. Adopted in Wigan, 22.07.1929, by Thomas Arbuthnot (1874-1930), and Mary Alice Daniels.
Married (03.09.1938) Nancy Pye; no children.
Wavertree, Liverpool
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01.1987
Barrow in Furness district, Cumbria
| 2nd Lt. | 04.02.1943 [255912] |
| WS/Lt. | 04.11.1943 (reld 1946?) |
| 04.02.1943 | - | (04.1946) | commissioned, Corps of Royal Engineers [emergency commission] |
George Alexander
Son (with three brothers) of Maj. Robert John Wastel Arbuthnot-Brisco (1877-1959), and Winifreda Teresa Boursot (1883-1974).
Brother of Capt. J.H. Arbuthnot & Capt. R.C.W. Arbuthnot.
Married 1st ((03?).1954, Kensington) Margaret "Peggy" Crisp (earlier [1951] married to Kenneth Ellis).
Married 2nd ((06?).1964, Horsham district, Sussex) Hazel Kathleen Flint (20.09.1927 - 13.09.2005), only daughter of John Leslie Noel Flint (1897-1973), and Silvia Mary Marsh (1892-1959) (earlier [1912] married to Robert Alexander F. James), of Lower Beeding, nr Horsham, Sussex; one son.
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25.05.1990
Honiton district, Devon
| Cadet | ? |
| 2nd Lt. | 22.03.1941 [179098] |
| WS/Lt. | 22.09.1942 (reld 1946?) |
| 22.03.1941 | - | (04.1946) | commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission] |
Sir Hugh Fitzgerald;
7th Baronet of Edinburgh, cr. 1823, succ. 1944
Son (with one brother) of Brig.Gen. Sir Dalrymple Arbuthnot, 5th Bt, CMG, DSO (1867-1941), and Alice Maude Arbuthnot (1880-1969), daughter of Hugh Arbuthnot.
Succeeded brother Sir Robert Dalrymple Arbuthnot, 6th Bt. 30.06.1944.
Married 1st (17.08.1949, St Lawrence's Church, Ludlow) Elizabeth Kathleen Williams (30.08.1926 - 20.05.1972), eldest daughter of Sq.Ldr. George Gilbert Algernon Williams (1888-1965), and Kathleen Mary Ansell, of Curral Hall, Tenbury Wells; two sons, one daughter.
Married 2nd (1977) Mrs David Grant, née Julia Grace Peake (12.07.1941 - ), only child of Lt.Col. Frederick Gerard "Pasha" Peake, CMG, CBE (1886-1970), and Elspeth Maclean Ritchie (1905-1967), of Hawkslee, St Boswells.
Chelsea district, Greater London / London / Middlesex
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03.07.1983
| 2nd Lt. | 02.08.1941 [200121] |
| WS/Lt. | 01.10.1942 |
| T/Capt. | 25.09.1944 (reld 1946?) |
| Lt. RARO | 23.06.1951 |
| Hon. Capt. RARO | 23.06.1951 |
| 02.08.1941 | commissioned, Welsh Guards [emergency commission] | ||
| 23.06.1951 | Regular Army Reserve of Officers |
Hugh Fitz-Gerald
Son (with three sisters and one brother) of Henry Fitzgerald Arbuthnot (1873-1917), Indian Forest Service, and Ivy Minchin (1877-1959).
Married (06.09.1928) Kathleen Phyllis "Peggy" Sheppard (11.10.1903 - 08.1982), daughter of Reginald Walter Sheppard, of Looe; two sons, one daughter.
Ootacamund
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04.1990
Chiltern & South Bucks district, Buckinghamshire
| 2nd Lt. | 26.03.1943 [267739] |
| WS/Lt. | 26.12.1943 (reld 1945/46) |
| Hon. Lt. | 1945/46 |
In business in London.
| 26.03.1943 | - | (04.1944) | commissioned, Pioneer Corps [emergency commission] |
John Henry
"Jackie"
Son (with three brothers) of Maj. Robert John Wastel Arbuthnot-Brisco (1877-1959), and Winifreda Teresa Boursot (1883-1974).
Brother of Lt. G.A. Arbuthnot & Capt. R.C.W. Arbuthnot.
Married ((09?).1941, Aldershot district, Hampshire) Sheila Mary O'Connell Rochfort Pike (11.10.1912 - 27.08.1984), of Hartley Wintney (she remarried [1972] John Montague Wakefield Llewellyn (1907-1992)), daughter (with four brothers and three sisters) of Lt.Col. Joseph Cuthbert Pike, CBE, DL (1868-1947), and Dorothy Margaret Mary O'Connell (1878-1933); one adopted son, one adopted daughter.
Winchester district, Hampshire
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20.09.1969
| 2nd Lt. | ? [56350] |
| Lt. | 17.07.1936 (reld 1945/46?) |
| T/Capt. | ? |
| Hon. Capt. | 1945/46? |
| commissioned, Royal Artillery - Territorial Army | |||
| (01.1937) | - | (01.1939) | 153rd (London) Anti-Aircraft Battery, 51st (London) Anti-Aircraft Brigade |
| 24.08.1939 | mobilized TA | ||
| 13.04.1943 | transferred, Royal Army Service Corps - Territorial Army |
[Sir] John Sinclair-Wemyss;
1st Baronet, cr. 1964, of Kittybrewster, Aberdeen
Son (with one brother) of Maj. Kenneth Wyndham Arbuthnot (1873-1915), The Seaforth Highlanders, and Janet Elspeth Sinclair-Wemyss (1889-1982).
Married (03.07.1943, Holy Trinity, Brompton) Margaret Jean Duff (29.09.1919 - ), younger daughter (with one sister) of Alexander Gordon Duff (1884-1978), and Janet Macfie Blaikie (1879-1972); two sons, three daughters.
Kittybrewster, Old Aberdeen
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13.06.1992
Worlington, Suffolk (while visiting)
[West Hoathly churchyard, W Sussex]
| 2nd Lt. | 28.06.1939 [92253] |
| WS/Lt. | 28.08.1940 |
| T/Capt. | 28.08.1940 |
| WS/Capt. | 18.07.1942 |
| T/Maj. | 18.07.1942 (reld 1945/46) |
| Hon. Maj. | 1945/46? |
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Bt | 26.02.1964 | for political and public services |
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MBE | 02.06.1943 | HM's birthday 43 |
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TD | 13.07.1951 | - |
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late Cadet, Eton College Contingent, Junior Division, Officer Training Corps |
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| commissioned, Royal Artillery - Territorial Army | |||
| 24.08.1939 | mobilized TA | ||
| 29.04.1940 | - | (04.1941) | Assistant Inspector, Shells Division, Gun Ammunition Branch, Inspection and Experimental Staff, Ministry of Supply |
| 18.04.1942 | - | 1945 | Deputy Inspector, Shells Division, Deputy Chief Inspectorate of Armaments/A (2), Armaments Inspection Department, Ministry of Supply (wounded) |
Contested (C): Don Valley Division of Yorks, 1935; Dunbartonshire, 1945. MP (C) Dover Division of Kent, 1950-64; Parliamentary Private Secretary to Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Pensions, 1952-53, to Minister of Pensions and National Insurance, 1953-56, and to Minister of Health, 1956-57; a Chairman of Committees and a Temporary Chairman of the House, 1958-64; Parliamentary Chairman, Dock & Harbour Authorities Association, 1962-64; Member, Public Accounts Committee, 1955-64; Member Parliamentary Delegations: to the Iron and Steel Community, 1955; to West Africa, 1956; to USA, 1957; to The West Indies, 1958; to Zanzibar, Mauritius and Madagascar, 1961; Leader of Parliamentary Delegation to Bulgaria, 1963. Second Church Estates Commissioner, 1962-64; Church Commissioner for England and Member, Board of Governors, 1962-77 (Deputy Chairman, Assets Committee, 1966-77); Member, Church Assembly and General Synod of Church of England, 1955-75 (Panel of Chairmen, 1970-72); Trustee, Lambeth Palace Library, 1964-77; Chairman, Archbishop of Canterbury's Commission to inquire into the organisation of the Church by dioceses in London and the SE of England, 1965-67. Member: Crathorne Committee on Sunday Observance, 1961-64; Hodson Commissio on Synodical Government for the Church of England, 1964-66; Standing Committee, Ross Institute., 1951-62. A Vice President, Trustee Savings Banks Association, 1962-76; in business in tea industry concerned with India, Ceylon and the Cameroons, 1934-74; Chairman: Estates & Agency Holdings Ltd, 1955-70; Folkestone and District Water Co., 1974-87; Joint Honorary Secreatary Association of British Chambers of Commerce, 1953-59.
Myles Henry
[officially: Richard Henry Myles]
"Teeny"
Youngest son (with three brothers and two sisters) of Maj. John Bernard "Jack" Arbuthnot (1875-1950), and Olive Blake (?-1953).
Brother of Cdr. Bernard Kieran Charles Arbuthnot, DSC, RN and of Gp.Capt. Terence John Arbuthnot, RAF.
Married (28.04.1939, Chelsea district, London) Marjorie Helen Miller (28.10.1910 - 1991), younger daughter of Dr. Ralph Miller. Helen Arbuthnot remarried (15.09.1948) Joseph Richardus van der Schrieck (1911-1990).
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16.10.1943
(KIA) [age 32]
[Bari War Cemetery, X.C.39]
| 2nd Lt. | 31.08.1940 [145439] |
| WS/Lt. | 01.01.1941 |
| T/Capt. | 01.01.1941 |
| WS/Capt. | ? |
| T/Maj. | ? |
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MBE | 15.10.1943 | |
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MID | 06.04.1944 |
gallant and distinguished services in the Middle East |
| 31.08.1940 | commissioned, Royal Corps of Signals [emergency commission] |
Robert Christopher Wastel
"Bobby"
Eldest son (with three brothers) of Maj. Robert John Wastel Arbuthnot-Brisco (1877-1959), and Winifreda Teresa Boursot (1883-1974).
Brother of Lt. G.A. Arbuthnot & Capt. J.H. Arbuthnot.
Married (15.02.1940, St Margaret's, Montrose) Sheila "Pitt" Grant-Smith (? - 08.09.2008), daughter of Alexander Cormack Smith (1875-1922), of Perth, and Mrs J.A. Grant, of Baronhill, Forfar; two sons, one daughter. Had an illegitimate child. Sheila Arbuthnot remarried (1980s) Edmund R. Cox.
Winchester district, Hampshire
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20.06.1978
Mendip
| Capt. | 15.07.1939 [97014] (reld 1945/46?) |
| Capt. TARO | 01.08.1950 |
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TD | 21.04.1950 | - |
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late Cadet Under-Officer, Downside School Contingent, Junior Division, Officer Training Corps |
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| 15.07.1939 | commissioned into the Royal Artillery - Territorial Army | ||
| 15.07.1939 | - | ? | Adjutant, ... |
| 24.08.1939 | mobilized TA | ||
| (04.1944) | special appointment | ||
| 01.08.1950 | - | 19.12.1956 | transferred from Active List to Territorial Army Reserve of Officers |
Sir Robert Dalrymple;
6th Baronet of Edinburgh, cr. 1823, succ. 1941
Eldest son (with one brother) of Brig.Gen. Sir Dalrymple Arbuthnot, 5th Bt, CMG, DSO (1867-1941), and Alice Maude Arbuthnot (1880-1969).
Brother of Capt. Sir Hugh Fitzgerald Arbuthnot, 7th Bt.
Succeeded father 31.03.1941.
Chelsea district, Greater London / London / Middlesex
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30.06.1944
Normandy
(KIA) [age 24]
[Jerusalem War Cemetery, Chouain, France, A.16]
| 2nd Lt. | 17.04.1940 [88177] |
| WS/Lt. | 17.10.1941 |
| T/Capt. | 20.04.1942 |
| T/Maj. | ? |
| 23.06.1939 | Territorial Army, General List (University Candiates) | ||
| 17.04.1940 | - | 12.1940 | commissioned, 9th Queen's Royal Lancers [emergency commission] |
| 12.1940 | - | 30.06.1944 | posted to 24th Lancers (remaining listed under the 9th Queen's Royal Lancers) |
Hugh
Son (with three brothers and two sisters) of Hugh Corsar Arbuthnott, CE (1860-1915), of Harrogate, Yorkshire, and Marianne Gibson (1860?-1943).
Brother of Maj. Robert Arbuthnott.
Married (18.04.1923) Jess Agnes Henderson (17.07.1897 - 06.02.1978), daughter of Robert Henderson, of Mount Hooly; one son, two daughters.
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26.11.1961
| 2nd Lt. | 1916? [51708] |
| Lt. | ? |
| A/Capt. | 20.07.1918-... |
| Capt. | 09.07.1920 (reld 30.09.1921) |
| Capt. TARO | 09.05.1928? |
| Capt. | 27.02.1936 |
| A/Maj. | 08.09.1939 |
| T/Maj. | 08.12.1939-..., 24.01.1941-... |
| WS/Maj. | ? (retd 01.09.1948) |
| A/Lt.Col. | 24.05.1943-... |
| T/Lt.Col. | 28.08.1943-... |
| Hon. Lt.Col. | 01.09.1948 |
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MID | 04.04.1946 | NW Europe |
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LoM | ? |
? |
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BSM | ? | ? |
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TD | ? | - |
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TD | 12.12.1950 | - |
| 1916? | commissioned into The Highland Light Infantry - Territorial Force | ||
| 02.02.1917 | restored to the establishement | ||
| 20.07.1918 | - | ? | posted as a Company Commander, The East Lancashire Regiment |
| (09.1920) | - | 30.09.1921 | 7th Battalion The Highland Light Infantry - Territorial Force Reserve |
| 09.05.1928 | - | 1930s | Captain, 9th Battalion The Highland Light Infantry - Territorial Army (Reserve of Officers) |
| 27.02.1936 | transferred to the 5th Battalion The Border Regiment - Territorial Army | ||
| 24.08.1939 | mobilized TA | ||
| 24.05.1943 | - | (04.1944) | Assistant Quartermaster-General, Western Command (UK) |
| 04.02.1957 | - | 1961? | Lieutenant, Army Cadet Force (Ayr) |
Hugh John
Son of Lt.Col. Hugh Arbuthnott (1896-1961), and Jess Agnes Henderson (1897-1978).
Married 1st (02.10.1954) Dorothy Ferguson "D" Denholm (died 04.1991), only daughter (with two brothers) of Col. Sir William Lang Denholm, TD (1901-1986), and Dorothy Jane Ferguson, of Glenmill, Kilmacolm, Renfrewshire; four daughters.
Married 2nd (19.08.1998) Elizabeth Jennings "Betty" Calder, widow of Charles Thomas McCrea, and only daughter of Alexander Calder.
Laggan district, Inverness, Scotland
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09.09.2010
Ragusa Rhu, Argyll
| Cadet | ? [1953896] |
| 2nd Lt. | 02.01.1944 [304171] |
| WS/Lt. | 02.07.1944 (reld 1946?) |
| A/Capt. | ? |
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MID | 09.08.1945 | NW Europe |
| 02.01.1944 | - | (04.1946) | commissioned into & served in the Corps of Royal Engineers [emergency commission] (wounded) |
Robert
"Bob"
Son (with three brothers and two sisters) of Hugh Corsar Arbuthnott, CE (1860-1915), of Harrogate, Yorkshire, and Marianne Gibson (1860?-1943).
Brother of Lt.Col. Hugh Arbuthnott.
Harrogate, Knaresborough district, Yorkshire - West Riding
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29.11.1980
Harrogate
[buried at Arbuthnott]
| 2nd Lt. | ? [23757] |
| Lt. | ? |
| Capt. | 20.09.1930 |
| Maj. | 20.09.1938 (retd 1946?) |
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MBE | 01.02.1945 | |
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TD | 11.07.1941 |
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| ? | commissioned into The Manchester Regiment - Territorial Army | ||
| (11.1930) | - | (01.1939) | 5th Battalion (Territorial), The Manchester Regiment (Wigan, East Lancs.) |
| 24.08.1939 | mobilized TA | ||
| ? | transferred to the Royal Armoured Corps - Territorial Army | ||
| 08.10.1943 | transferred to the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers - Territorial Army | ||
| ? | - | 22.10.1955 | Territorial Army Reserve of Officers (age limit) |
Member, Iron and Steel Consumers' Council, 1951; Deputy Leader, UK Heavy Engineering Mission to India, 1956; President, Institute of Locomotive Engineers, 1958-1959. Member Queen's Body Guard for Scotland, Royal Company of Archers.
Robert Keith;
15th Viscount of Arbuthnott, cr. 1641;
Lord Inverbervie and Chief of the Name and Arms of Arbuthnott
Son (with three sisters and one brother) of John Campbell Arbuthnott, CIE (1858-1923), civil servant, and Jeanne Sinclair Hamilton (?-1947).
Succeeded cousin, 1960.
Married (10.01.1924, St Mary's, Dedham) Ursula Collingwood ((06?).1898 - 20.12.1989), daughter of late Sir William Collingwood, KBE (1855-1928), and Maria Elizabeth Lermit; three sons (S.Lt. (A) John Campbell Arbuthnott, RNVR), one daughter.
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India
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15.12.1966
Hillside, Montrose
| 2nd Lt. | 14.07.1915 [13522] |
| Lt. | 15.01.1917 |
| A/Capt. | 03.12.1917-16.01.1918, 17.02.1918-10.07.1919 |
| Capt. | 02.01.1924 |
| Maj. | 01.08.1938 |
| A/Lt.Col. | 18.06.1940-17.09.1940 |
| T/Lt.Col. | 18.09.1940-03.02.1942 |
| WS/Lt.Col. | 04.02.1942 |
| Lt.Col. | 01.10.1944 |
| A/Col. | 04.08.1941-03.02.1942 |
| T/Col. | 04.02.1942-01.01.1945 |
| Col. | 02.01.1945 |
| A/Brig. | 19.06.1942-18.12.1942 |
| T/Brig. | 19.12.1942-09.10.1945 |
| A/Maj.Gen. | 10.10.1944-09.10.1945 |
| T/Maj.Gen. | 10.10.1945 |
| Maj.Gen. | 22.12.1946, seniority 27.03.1945 (retd 29.11.1952) |
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CB | 05.07.1945 | gallant and distinguished services in Italy |
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CBE | 21.12.1944 | |
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DSO | 05.08.1938 | Palestine |
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MC | 22.04.1918 | * |
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MID | 24.05.1918 | ? |
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MID | 25.04.1939 | Palestine |
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MID | 24.08.1944 | gallant and distinguished services in Italy |
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LoM | 02.08.1945 |
* For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty when in command of a raiding party. He took an active part in the preliminary reconnaissances and training and led his men with great success in the raid, inspiring them by his courage and keenness.
| 14.07.1915 | commissioned, Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) | ||
| 1915 | - | 1918 | served Great War (France & Belgium, 19.09.1916-18.04.1918 (wounded) |
| 03.12.1917 | - | 16.01.1918 | Company Commander, The Royal Highlanders |
| (03.1931) | student, Junior Division, Staff College, Camberley | ||
| 21.01.1933 | - | 06.12.1934 | Adjutant, 2nd Battalion The Black Watch (UK) |
| 07.12.1934 | - | 15.10.1936 | General Staff Officer 3rd grade (GSO3), War Office |
| 16.10.1936 | - | 18.12.1937 | Brigade Major, 7th Infantry Brigade (Southern Command, UK) |
| 16.12.1938 | - | 17.06.1940 | General Staff Officer 2nd grade (GSO2), Staff College, Camberley (temporary; local Lt.Col.) |
| 04.08.1941 | - | 18.06.1942 | Colonel General Staff |
| 19.06.1942 | - | 09.05.1943 | Brigadier General Staff |
| 10.05.1943 | - | 24.09.1943 | Commander, 198th Infantry Brigade (UK) |
| 29.09.1943 | - | 10.10.1944 | Commander, 11th Infantry Brigade (Italy, Egypt, Italy), also: |
| 09.07.1944 | - | 30.07.1944 | acting General Officer Commanding, 78th Infantry Division (Italy, Egypt) |
| 01.08.1944 | - | 21.08.1944 | acting General Officer Commanding, 78th Infantry Division (Egypt) |
| 10.10.1944 | - | 17.11.1944 | acting General Officer Commanding, 78th Infantry Division (Italy, Egypt) |
| 17.11.1944 | - | 1945 | General Officer Commanding, 78th Infantry Division (Italy, Austria) |
| 1946 | - | 1947 | Chief of British Military Mission to Egyptian Army |
| 1948 | - | 1949 | Chief of Staff, Scottish Command |
| 1949 | - | 01.11.1952 | General Officer Commanding, 51st (Highland) Infantry Division TA and Highland District |
| 01.11.1952 | - | 21.08.1957 | Regular Army Reserve of Officers |