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 100thanniversary of of the world changing events the our Chief lived through.
Holding court with John Dahl. We had a long line of members for the Parade of Tartans. I only made it half way round this year and ducked out the back gate! Family of Nan Hunter who was Sharon's shortbread mentor. Nan passed away earlier this year. Her granddaughter, second from right, has taken over the shortbread tradition. Hawk Talk.
John Colquhoun who taught school in Jonesboro. The Hagar ring. Clan Davidson was next to us again this year.
Rhonda who let us know about The Kandahar Reel.
Jim Kilpatrick, Julia Grant-Adams, Colin Grant-Adams, and myself.
This dance was written by two Colquhoun officers in the Black Watch. From the description on youtube:
"This is a demonstration of the Kandahar Reel, which took place In Aberdeen at the start of Dance Scottish Week. A Published Copy of the dance is available from www.rscds.org and www.soldierscharity.org priced £4. £2.00 goes to ABF The Soldiers Charity (Scotland).The Kandahar Reel is a new country dance devised by two serving army officers of The Black Watch as a tribute to their fallen comrades. They devised it in September 2009 while on active service in the Kandahar Region of Afghanistan. Elements of the dance to watch out for include the "hands across" which symbolise both the Chinook Helecopter and the single blades of a Black Hawk . These figures are normally done once round in four bars. As soldiers are constantly exhorted to give 150% these figures are done one and a half times in the same number of bars! Other elements to watch out for include; team work and offering a helping hand as they board the helecopter. It is a challenging dance. Enjoy!The Music Is Played By Colin Dewar and his Scottish Dance Band www.colindewar.com/ "
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.
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