Major James Nairne, who has died aged 100, saw active service with the Seaforth Highlanders in the campaign in north-west Europe, and after retiring from the Army he served as a Queen’s Messenger.

His father, Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Nairne, had served with the Seaforth Highlanders in the First World War and was a talented artist. His mother was an active member of an amateur dramatic ...

“As I got older, I appreciated the effect his loss had on his family. My grandfather never got over it”, Donna explained. Ken ...

Among the album's entries was an eight-page account of the 1914 festive truce written by Scottish soldier John J Ferguson from the Seaforth Highlanders under the title ‘Peace on Earth’.

An eight-page account of the 1914 festive truce was written by Scottish soldier John J Ferguson from the Seaforth Highlanders under the title ‘Peace on Earth’. John, who was wounded at ...

Ritchie will marry in his family Hunting Macintosh tartan as a tribute to his grandfather, Major Stewart Ritchie, and his father John, who were both in the Seaforth Highlanders. Madonna ...

An ex-spy of higher type believed working now for Berlin is Norman Baillie-Stewart, Seaforth Highlander lieutenant who was convicted in 1933 of selling military secrets and imprisoned in the Tower ...

A Seaforth Highlander reported that Italian shells bounced off his General Sherman “like tennis balls.” The British had learned from disasters in the past. In Cairo the astute Alexander and ...

His father George was married to Barbara Taylor Begg. George had served in World War I as a private in the Seaforth Highlanders and won the Military Medal for an act of bravery. Sinclair, or Clair as ...