Major General James Scott-Elliot, CB, CBE, DSO & Bar (6 November 1902 – 12 September 1996) was a senior British Army officer.
James Scott-Elliot | |
|---|---|
| Born | 6 November 1902 Charlton, London, England |
| Died | 12 September 1996 (aged 93) |
| Allegiance | United Kingdom |
| Service | British Army |
| Years of service | 1923–1956 |
| Rank | Major General |
| Service number | 23799 |
| Unit | King's Own Scottish Borderers Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders |
| Commands | 51st (Highland) Infantry Division (1952–56) 13th Infantry Brigade (1946–47) 167th Infantry Brigade (1944–46) 17th Indian Infantry Brigade (1943–44) 8th Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (1943) 6th Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (1942–43) |
| Battles / wars | Second World War |
| Awards | Companion of the Order of the Bath Commander of the Order of the British Empire Distinguished Service Order & Bar |
| Relations | George Scott-Elliot (uncle) |
Military career
editEducated at Wellington College, Berkshire, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, Scott-Elliot was commissioned into the King's Own Scottish Borderers on 1 February 1923.[1] He transferred to the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders in 1935 and attended the Staff College, Camberley from 1937 to 1938.[2] After this, he served as a General Staff Officer Grade 3 (GSO3) with Scottish Command.[2]
Scott-Elliot was deployed to France with the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) at the start of the Second World War as a brigade major with the 51st (Highland) Division's 154th Infantry Brigade.[3] After being evacuated from France in June 1940, he became commanding officer of the 6th Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders in April 1942 and landed with his battalion in North Africa after Operation Torch in December 1942.[4] He went on to serve as commander of the 17th Indian Infantry Brigade and then as commander of the 167th (1st London) Brigade in Italy during the Italian campaign.[3] His brigade was the first unit to cross the River Po on the route north through Italy.[5]
After the war, Scott-Elliot commanded the 13th Infantry Brigade[2] during most of 1947 before becoming Deputy Director of Military Training at the War Office in 1948, Deputy Commander of the 51st (Highland) Division in 1950 and then General Officer Commanding the 51st (Highland) Division in November 1952. He retired from the army in March 1956.[6]
Scott-Elliot served as colonel of the King's Own Scottish Borderers from 1954 to 1961,[7][8][9] and as Lord Lieutenant of Dumfries from 1962 to 1967.[10][11]
Scott-Elliot was appointed a Officer of the Order of the British Empire for distinguished services in the field in October 1940,[12] and promoted to Commander of the Order (CBE) for gallant and distinguished services in Italy in 1945.[13] He was awarded the Distinguished Service Order in November 1943[14] and a bar in February 1944,[15] He was appointed a Commander of the Order of the Bath (CB) in the 1954 New Year Honours.[16]
Other interests
editScott-Elliot became President of the Dumfries & Galloway Natural History and Antiquarian Society, as well as President of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland between 1962 and 1967.[3]
Family
editIn 1932 Scott-Elliot married Cecil Margaret Du Buisson; they had one son and two daughters.[5] After being divorced from his first wife, he married Fay Courtauld in 1971.[5]
Works
edit- Scott-Elliot, James (1977). Dowsing: One Man's Way. The Book Service. ISBN 978-0859780254.
References
edit- ^ "No. 32792". The London Gazette. 2 February 1923. p. 807.
- ^ a b c "King's Collections : Archive Catalogues : SCOTT ELLIOT, Maj Gen James (1902–1996)". kingscollections.org.
- ^ a b c "Papers, 1909–1995, of Major-General James Scott-Elliot" (PDF). National Library of Scotland. Retrieved 20 June 2020.
- ^ "Major-General James Scott-Elliot". Canadian Society of Dowsers. Retrieved 20 June 2020.
- ^ a b c "Maj-Gen James Scott-Elliot". The Herald. Glasgow. 19 September 1996. Retrieved 20 June 2020.
- ^ "Army Commands" (PDF). Retrieved 20 June 2020.
- ^ "The King's Own Scottish Borderers". regiments.org. Archived from the original on 18 January 2008. Retrieved 4 August 2016.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ "No. 40207". The London Gazette (Supplement). 18 June 1954. p. 3598.
- ^ "No. 42515". The London Gazette. 17 November 1961. p. 8336.
- ^ "No. 18021". The Edinburgh Gazette. 3 April 1962. p. 203.
- ^ "No. 18622". The Edinburgh Gazette. 8 December 1967. p. 989.
- ^ "No. 34973". The London Gazette (Supplement). 18 October 1940. p. 6109.
- ^ "No. 37386". The London Gazette (Supplement). 15 December 1945. p. 6056.
- ^ "No. 36251". The London Gazette (Supplement). 16 November 1943. p. 5061.
- ^ "No. 36371". The London Gazette. 8 February 1944. p. 723.
- ^ "No. 40053". The London Gazette (Supplement). 29 December 1953. p. 3.