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Sholto Douglas

Sholto Douglas

This caption appeared with this photograph: 'Shown at left is an officer wearing a glengarry bonnet, with the badge of the Cape Town Highlanders – this badge is in the Scottish military tradition.'

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Comment by William Douglas on February 15, 2013 at 23:15

I am told that this is Lieutenant-Colonel Sholto Douglas, MC, ED, Officer Commanding the combined battalion known as First City/Cape Town Highlanders in Italy from April to October 1945.

Comment by William Douglas on February 10, 2012 at 11:55

W. Sholto Douglas wrote a History of the Cape Town Highlanders, published in 1944 - not sure if there might be a family connection? He also wrote about Cromwell.

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