Manson Sinclair W/S Captain (QM) 113930 - Revision history

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{{Personnel
|Surname and forenames=Manson Sinclair
|Army number=113930
|Rank=W/S Captain (QM)
|Decorations=M.B.E. Military Division 1/1/1951.
|Date of birth=Research suggests that he may have been born in 1900 in Olrig, Caithness, son of Sinclair and Jessie Manson (to be verified).
|Age=0
|Unit=Served in the ranks of the Cameron Highlanders, reaching the rank of Warrant Officer Class II. Commissioned as a Lieutenant in the Cameron Highlanders 20/1/1940. Attached to The Black Watch, Posted 1 TS 3/2/1944. Rejoined Battalion 4/8/1944. Tasked with escorting Battalion property to the UK after disbandment 9/9/1944. Posted 1 MCU Redford.
|Task or role=Quartermaster 3/2/1944. Adjutant and QM August 1944.
|Joined Brigade=04-Aug-44 - succeeded Quartermaster Findlay as Battalion QM.
|Promotions=Lt 20/1/1940. Lt (QM) 15/3/1942. W/S Captain (QM). Captain (QM) 20/1/1946. Major (QM) 15/6/1948.
|Died/Killed in action=Date of death not yet known.
|Home address=10, Hutchison Medway, Edinburgh.
|Source table=1TS
}}

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 |Rank=W/S Captain (QM)
 |Decorations=M.B.E. Military Division 1/1/1951.
-|Date of birth=Research suggests that he may have been born in 1900 in Olrig, Caithness, son of Sinclair and Jessie Manson (to be verified).
+|Date of birth=Research indicates that he was born in 1900 in Olrig, Caithness, son of Sinclair and Jessie Manson. This has now been verified by a family history researcher.
 |Age=0
 |Unit=Served in the ranks of the Cameron Highlanders, reaching the rank of Warrant Officer Class II.  Commissioned as a Lieutenant in the Cameron Highlanders 20/1/1940.  Attached to The Black Watch, Posted 1 TS 3/2/1944.  Rejoined Battalion 4/8/1944. Tasked with escorting Battalion property to the UK after disbandment 9/9/1944.  Posted 1 MCU Redford.
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 |Joined Brigade=04-Aug-44 - succeeded Quartermaster Findlay as Battalion QM.
 |Promotions=Lt 20/1/1940.  Lt (QM) 15/3/1942.  W/S Captain (QM).  Captain (QM) 20/1/1946.  Major (QM) 15/6/1948.
-|Died/Killed in action=Date of death not yet known.
+|Died/Killed in action=Date of death not yet known - probably in Scotland.
 |Home address=10, Hutchison Medway, Edinburgh.
 |Source table=1TS
 }}