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Branch President
 | Lt Col Andrew Brown MBE.MID.
Andrew enlisted as a bandsman in the Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders on the 8th of September 1933. He served in most of the theatres of war during the second WW and served in Korea from August 1950 to April 1951. On Andrew's promotion to the rank of Lt. Col., Pipe Major D Rodden composed in his honour a pipe tune called "Lt Col (QM) A W Brown M.B.E Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders". Andrew's Army career ended in December 1969. He is a much travelled man, still lives in Aberdeen and has recently had his book "A Memoir from Music to Wars" published, it is a fine record of this man's experiences throughout his life, including his military career and beyond, and well worth a place on your bookshelves - price £9.99 ref ISBN 0-9541780-0-9. |
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Chairman
 | David Weir
David has been Chairman of the Branch for the last 12 years, David is an ex Naval man who enlisted on the 6th of June 1949 and served until 1980 retiring with the rank of Warrant Officer. During the Korean War he served on HMS Consort and HMS St Bride's Bay. Now retired David maintains his link with the sea by sailing his yacht "Zoe" as often as he can when weather permits. David and Janet live at Boyndie Nr Banff in Aberdeenshire. |
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Vice Chairman/Raffle Conveynor
 | Bill Coutts
Bill served with the R.A.S.C. during the Korean War attaining the rank of A/Cpl. Bill is also the Raffle convenor for the Branch and both he and his wife Margaret work tirelessly in that capacity. Bill and his wife live at Huntly on the edge of the highlands in Aberdeenshire |
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Secretary/Treasurer.
 | David Drinkwater.
David has been Branch Secretary for the last five years and Branch Treasurer for the last six years. David enlisted as a boy soldier in the Royal Artillery on the 23rd of February 1948 and served until May 1958. His army service took him to Germany and Malaya as well as Korea where he served from September 1951 until March 1953 with 11 Sphinx Battery and 120 Mortar Battery in the capacity as a gun commander in each unit. Now retired he lives at Echt Nr Aberdeen with his wife Jacqueline. |
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Social Convenor
 | Brian Cunningham.
Brian served in the Royal Navy and during the Korean War on HMS Ceylon, Brian left the service with the Rank of Master Yeoman. Now retired he lives with his wife Mattie in Balloch a small village near Culloden just a few miles from Inverness. |
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Branch Piper
 | Arthur Campbell
Arthur enlisted in September 1947 as a boy seaman, he served during the Korean War from 1950 until 1951 in HMS Black Swan. He is a piper of high quality and an essential part of the Branch on formal functions where his musical skill will be much in demand, as is his playing of the more popular tunes of the day at social functions which are guaranteed to get the feet tapping. |
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Welfare Officer
 | Janet Weir
Janet is now the Branch Welfare officer having taken over the responsibilities from Alan Roberston.
Janet is married to the Branch Chairman David Weir and lives at Boyndie Nr Banff. |
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Standard Bearer
 | Liz Clayton
We are most fortunate to have Liz as our Branch Standard Bearer, she lives in Blackpool and is well versed in the requirements of what is required of a Standard bearer. She carried our standard for the first time at our event in Stirling in September 2005 for which she received many congratulations from many Branches, one to the effect that she was the most elegant bearer on parade. Liz is also a professionally trained opera singer, a woman of many talents. |
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