Sir Iain at The Somme

The Imperial War Museum in London holds Sir Iain's war diary from World War I. Many stories about Sir Iain during WWI are usually situated during his time at Ypres. He was also at the Somme.

Malcolm Brown had access to Sir Iain's diary. Add to this his knowledge of the events happening around the Scots Guards' position and Mr. Brown creates a fascinating description of what our past Chief went through during wartime. Sir Iain's first impression of a tank was that it was a "Land Creeper".

















Another segment of Sir Iain's diary was used here:



I have Sir Iain's diary, or part of it, on microfilm, written in his own hand. It's very hard to read. It has some photographs inserted in the diary which I think have never been made public. Most appear to be brother soldiers and scenes Sir Iain encountered during the war. One is obviously of himself but not labeled. I'd like to see these made available one day as we approach the 100th anniversary of of the world changing events the our Chief lived through.

Sir Iain Mentioned In WWI Christmas Truce Book

It was our first internet newsletter in 2001 when we spotted this book printed the same year that had at least one error published in it.

As far as we know the highest rank Sir Iain attained was Lieutenant Colonel in the Reserve Of Officers in 1920 in the Scots Guards.

Sir Iain on the left attending a World War II funeral in Glasgow: