SAS Riding, Cecil Laylaid (Jock)

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Riding ​

• FORENAME

Cecil Leyland (Jock) ​

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• UNIT

1 SAS (D Squadron) ​

• RANK

T/Captain ​

• NUMBER

180311 ​

• AWARD

Military Cross ​

• PLACE

Normandy 1944 ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

parent unit Army Air Corps ​

grew up near Lockerbie,Dumfriesshire​

worked as a factor​

moved to Glasgow​

Coldstream Guards 1940​

commissioned Highland Light Infantry 1941​

1 SAS February 1944-1945​

postwar​

resided near Strathdon,Aberdeenshire​

Bombay Burma Trading Company 1956​

resided Borneo and Burma (worked in forestry)​

returned to Scotland 1967​

Falkirk District Council (land valuation officer)​

resided Dumfries 1971-98​

married Janie​

died 1998​

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