Educated at Loretto School, Musselburgh (Scotland) and at Sandhurst Military College
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Served in the Boer War (1900-1902)
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Taught gymnastics and drawing at Loretto and commanded the Officer Training Corps (1909-1928). Bursar of the school (1928-1937).
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Commanded a compnay of the Home Guard (Edinburgh) in World War 2
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O.B.E.
Military data
Rank
Major/Lt.-Col.
Regiment / Unit
1 Leicestershire Regiment
Date of death
Age
73
Cemetery / Memorial
Warriston, Midlothian, Scotland
Other information
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Took part in Christmas Truce on 25 December 1914. Made headlines in British press. The truce and B-D's role in it are commememorated by a window in Loretto School Chapel, Musselburgh (Scotland) and by a bell in the Peace Carillon at Messines (Belgium).
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Signed Visitors' Book on 15 December 1915. One of the first to write a letter home from Talbot House (17.12.1915).
