Gillean Maclaine
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Gillean Robert Maclaine of Lochbuie (3 January 1921 – 5 May 1970)
was the 25th hereditary Chief of Clan Maclaine of Lochbuie
and Feudal Baron
of Moy
.
Son of Kenneth Douglas Lorne MacLaine, 24th of Lochbuie, and Olive Marguerite Stewart- Richardson. Married Noreen Olive Beadon; one son, Lorne Maclaine
.
In August 1942 he received an emergency commission into The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment)
and immediately transferred to the Glider Pilot Regiment
. By 1944 he was serving as Section Commander, F Squadron ( No. 2 Wing), The Glider Pilot Regiment
, part of the Airborne Forces at Arnhem
. By the time of his retirement, as an Hon. Captain on 25 November 1953, he had transferred back to The Black Watch.
was the 25th hereditary Chief of Clan Maclaine of Lochbuie
Clan MacLaine of Lochbuie
Clan Maclaine of Lochbuie is a Scottish Clan that inhabited lands on the southern end of the Isle of Mull in the Inner Hebrides of the western Scottish Highlands. "Maclaine" is an alternate spelling for "MacLean." Clan Maclaine of Lochbuie and Clan MacLean of Duart are two separate clans...
and Feudal Baron
Baron
Baron is a title of nobility. The word baron comes from Old French baron, itself from Old High German and Latin baro meaning " man, warrior"; it merged with cognate Old English beorn meaning "nobleman"...
of Moy
Moy
-Places:* Loch Moy, a loch south of Inverness in the Highlands of Scotland.** Moy, Highland, a village beside Loch Moy** Moy Hall, also near the loch and the ancestral home of the chiefs of Clan Mackintosh** Rout of Moy, an event in the Jacobite rising of 1745...
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Son of Kenneth Douglas Lorne MacLaine, 24th of Lochbuie, and Olive Marguerite Stewart- Richardson. Married Noreen Olive Beadon; one son, Lorne Maclaine
Lorne Maclaine
Lorne Gillean Iain Maclaine of Lochbuie is the 26th hereditary Chief of Clan Maclaine of Lochbuie and Feudal Baron of Moy. He is the son of Captain Gillean Robert Maclaine, 25th of Lochbuie, and Noreen Olive Beadon. He currently resides in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, with his wife Sandra, Lady...
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In August 1942 he received an emergency commission into The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment)
Black Watch
The Black Watch, 3rd Battalion, Royal Regiment of Scotland is an infantry battalion of the Royal Regiment of Scotland. The unit's traditional colours were retired in 2011 in a ceremony led by Queen Elizabeth II....
and immediately transferred to the Glider Pilot Regiment
Glider Pilot Regiment
The Glider Pilot Regiment was a British airborne forces unit of the Second World War which was responsible for crewing the British Army's military gliders and saw action in the European Theatre of World War II in support of Allied airborne operations...
. By 1944 he was serving as Section Commander, F Squadron ( No. 2 Wing), The Glider Pilot Regiment
Glider Pilot Regiment
The Glider Pilot Regiment was a British airborne forces unit of the Second World War which was responsible for crewing the British Army's military gliders and saw action in the European Theatre of World War II in support of Allied airborne operations...
, part of the Airborne Forces at Arnhem
Operation Market Garden
Operation Market Garden was an unsuccessful Allied military operation, fought in the Netherlands and Germany in the Second World War. It was the largest airborne operation up to that time....
. By the time of his retirement, as an Hon. Captain on 25 November 1953, he had transferred back to The Black Watch.