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**Jock Scot** · 26th July 25, 03:33 AM

OCR, quite right. Lt. Colonel. Going on his medal ribbons, which sadly I can't identify, he has been around a bit! I think its more like, "cometh the hour, cometh the man" type of thing where in a war, the man was far more important and useful than the uniform regulations. There are many examples of this in the British Forces. Field Marshal Montgomery's beret with two badges is a prime example.

**Jock Scot** · 26th July 25, 04:57 AM

I may be making 2 plus 2 into 5 here, but! Is the Lt. Colonel in question in this thread wearing a Mackenzie tartan? I am wondering if the picture is of Mad Jack Churchill? He did command a unit of the Seaforth Highlanders towards the end of WW2. and from memory they wore the Mackenzie tartan. Now if 2 plus 2 makes 4, it might explain the rather individual style of uniform?

I met him once, many years later in, I think, the mid 1950's, wearing a wetsuit and looking rather less than dapper, after his and first attempt by anyone, ever, of surfing UP the river Severn on a tidal wave! Sadly, he did not succeed. So? I wonder? Is that the same chap?

**geomick** · 26th July 25, 05:12 AM

Originally Posted by Jock Scot

I may be making 2 plus 2 into 5 here, but! Is the Lt. Colonel in question in this thread wearing a Mackenzie tartan? I am wondering if the picture is of Mad Jack Churchill? He did command a unit of the Seaforth Highlanders towards the end of WW2. and from memory they wore the Mackenzie tartan. Now if 2 plus 2 makes 4, it might explain the rather individual stye of uniform?

I met him once, many years later in, I think, the mid 1950's, wearing a wetsuit and looking rather less than dapper, after his and first attempt by anyone, ever, of surfing UP the river Severn on a tidal wave! So? I wonder? Is that the same chap?

This site - https://www.thefedoralounge.com/thre...y.19732/page-2 - simply lists the photo as "Officer, France 1944" when I tried a google image search. That page and this thread were the only exact matches it found.

**Jock Scot** · 26th July 25, 05:22 AM

Originally Posted by geomick

This site - https://www.thefedoralounge.com/thre...y.19732/page-2 - simply lists the photo as "Officer, France 1944" when I tried a google image search. That page and this thread were the only exact matches it found.

Thank you. Well, 1944 is towards the end of the war. So..........possibly?? The plot thickens!