Ronald (Colville) Second Baron Clydesmuir
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Ronald John Bilsland (Colville) Second Baron Clydesmuir (1917 - 1996)

Sir-Lt.Col Ronald John Bilsland Second Baron Clydesmuir formerly Colville
Born in Clydesmuir, Braidwood, Lanarkshire Scotlandmap
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Died at age 79 in Clydesmuir, Braidwood, Lanarkshire Scotlandmap
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Ronald John Bilsland Colville was born in 1917. He was the son of David Colville and Agnes Bilsland.

World War II

Sir Colville fought with the Scottish Rifles (Camaroons). [1] He saw action at Dunkirk, in Italy, and participated in the Normandy landings, He was mentioned in dispatches. He received a Territorial Decoration.

Ronald married Joan Marguerita Booth in Ireland in 1946. [2]

Col succeeded as the 2nd Baron Clydesmuir, of Braidwood, Lanark on October 31, 1954.

He gained the rank of Honorary Colonel between 1967 and 1971 in the 6th/7th Cameronians (Territorial Army). [3]

Sources

  1. ↑ Ancestry Record 6072 #532724 The Official Army List. The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey, England.
    Name: R. J. B. Colville
    Military Year: 1945
    Regiment: The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
    Rank: 2nd Lieutenant
  2. ↑ Ancestry Record 2572 #4857360 “Ireland, Civil Registration Indexes 1845–1958,” Index. FamilySearch, Salt Lake City, Utah. General Register Office, Republic of Ireland. "Quarterly Returns of Marriages in Ireland with Index to Marriages.".
    Name: Ronald John B Colville
    Date of Registration: Apr-May-Jun, 1946
    Registration district: Dundalk, Ireland
    Volume: 2;Page Number: 221
    FHL Film Number: 101580
    Records on Page:
    • Name: Ronald John B Colville
    • Joan Marguerita Booth
  3. ↑ British Army Lists pg. 1695. Fold3
    Colville, Rt. Hon. Sir D. John, C.G.I.E., T.D. (Bt. Col. T.A. Res.)
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