A Great War M.C. group of seven to Colonel P.T.Pirie, Gordon Highlanders,Military Cross, G.V.R.; British War and Victory Medal with later MID Oakleaf (Capt.P.T.Pirie.); 1939-1945 Star; Italy Star; Defence Medal; War Medal with MID Oakleaf. Very fine or better. (7)FootnotesM.C. London Gazette 12.12.1919. M.I.D. London Gazette 21.12.1917; 9.7.1919; 23/26.7.1940. Colonel Patrick Taldo Pirie was born on the 17th March 1897. He was the eldest son of Colonel D.V.Pirie whose father was Scottish and his mother French. Although he was educated at Winchester he spent much of his youth at the Chateau de Varennes, Savennieres the home of his grandmother's family, Rousseau de Labrosse. On the 4th August 1914 he was in the House of Commons with his father who was then Member of Parliament for North Aberdeen. After Lord Grey's speech declaring that a state of War existed between Great Britain and Germany. Colonel D.V.Pirie introduced his son to the Foreign Secretary with the words "Here is your first recruit". So it was that Colonel Pirie's commission bore the date 4th August 1914. From May 1916 until the end of the War Lieutenant Pirie as he then was and Captain as he soon took part in the fighting in France and Flanders and was awarded the Military Cross. Having decided to make the Army his career he served in the Army of the Rhine, the Black Sea, Malta, Egypt, India and the Sudan as well as at home. He was adjutant of the 1st Battalion from 1924-1927 and was later on the Staff of the Depot. From October 1936 to December 1938 Colonel Pirie was British Officer Instructor at the French Staff College and it was during his stay in Paris that he became engaged and was married, late in 1938, at Berne during a short spell of official duty in Switzerland. From Switzerland Major Pirie as he then was went to the Senior Wing of the Staff College and the day after the war was declared he disembarked at Cherbourg. Later he assumed command of the 6th Battalion. Many of that Battalion will remember being drawn up on the pier at Dunkirk together with a number of French soldiers while Colonel Pirie sent them forward two by two: two French, two Scots- a task in which his command of the French language was invaluable. Colonel Pirie was later posted to North Africa and terminated his military career in Germany. In 1952 he retired to his home in France.
A Great War M.C. group of seven to Colonel P.T.Pirie, Gordon Highlanders,Military Cross, G.V.R.; British War and Victory Medal with later MID Oakleaf (Capt.P.T.Pirie.); 1939-1945 Star; Italy Star; Defence Medal; War Medal with MID Oakleaf. Very fine or better. (7)FootnotesM.C. London Gazette 12.12.1919. M.I.D. London Gazette 21.12.1917; 9.7.1919; 23/26.7.1940. Colonel Patrick Taldo Pirie was born on the 17th March 1897. He was the eldest son of Colonel D.V.Pirie whose father was Scottish and his mother French. Although he was educated at Winchester he spent much of his youth at the Chateau de Varennes, Savennieres the home of his grandmother's family, Rousseau de Labrosse. On the 4th August 1914 he was in the House of Commons with his father who was then Member of Parliament for North Aberdeen. After Lord Grey's speech declaring that a state of War existed between Great Britain and Germany. Colonel D.V.Pirie introduced his son to the Foreign Secretary with the words "Here is your first recruit". So it was that Colonel Pirie's commission bore the date 4th August 1914. From May 1916 until the end of the War Lieutenant Pirie as he then was and Captain as he soon took part in the fighting in France and Flanders and was awarded the Military Cross. Having decided to make the Army his career he served in the Army of the Rhine, the Black Sea, Malta, Egypt, India and the Sudan as well as at home. He was adjutant of the 1st Battalion from 1924-1927 and was later on the Staff of the Depot. From October 1936 to December 1938 Colonel Pirie was British Officer Instructor at the French Staff College and it was during his stay in Paris that he became engaged and was married, late in 1938, at Berne during a short spell of official duty in Switzerland. From Switzerland Major Pirie as he then was went to the Senior Wing of the Staff College and the day after the war was declared he disembarked at Cherbourg. Later he assumed command of the 6th Battalion. Many of that Battalion will remember being drawn up on the pier at Dunkirk together with a number of French soldiers while Colonel Pirie sent them forward two by two: two French, two Scots- a task in which his command of the French language was invaluable. Colonel Pirie was later posted to North Africa and terminated his military career in Germany. In 1952 he retired to his home in France.
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