Committee

Major William Inglis 

William Inglis was commissioned into the Scots Guards in 1991, joining the Second Battalion in Hounslow.  IN 1992 he commanded a platoon of Scots Guards that was attached to the Welsh Guards for a tour of Northern Ireland, based in Ballykelly.  On returning to Edinburgh he was a Platoon Commander then Second in Command of Left Flank.  After the Second Battalion was suspended, he moved to Windsor to join the First Battalion and was the Intelligence Officer for the tour of East Tyrone in 1994.  He was subsequently on the staff of 24 Airmobile Brigade in Colchester, commanded the Guards Training Company in Catterick and Number 4 Company, Irish Guards in Munster from 2000-2002.  He was then on the staff of 4 Armoured Brigade before returning to the 1^st Battalion to command B Company in 2005 and finally Right Flank in 2006 when he left the army.

Subsequently he trained as a Chartered Surveyor, running estates on the island of Islay and then at Glamis.  He is currently Head of National Estates for the National Trust for Scotland.

William is married to Charlotte and has two children who have now left home;  he and Charlotte live in Coupar Angus, Scotland.

Secretary Neil Crockett

Neil Crockett joined the Scots Guards in 1966 as a Junior Leader at Oswestry. Joining the 1st Battalion at Chelsea Barracks in early 1969. Most of his service was with the 1st Battalion to Sharjah, Windsor, Munster, Chelsea, Hong Kong, Pirbright and operational tours in Northern Ireland. He took part on exercises to Denmark, Cyprus, Kenya, Brunei, Oman and Canada.

Neil served with S Company in British Honduras in 1971 and on the Regimental Recruiting Team in Edinburgh. Later he served at the Army Apprentice College (Royal Signals) Harrogate as Company Sergeant Major of the Junior Leaders Squadron, ending his service in 1991 as RQMS of 1st Battalion Scots Guards in Hohne, BAOR.

He settled with his family in Dunfermline joining the Fife Branch of the Association when he was Chairman for a short while before taking over as Branch Secretary in 1995. Neil continues in that role alongside that as Scots Guards Association Secretary.

Neil reports that in the past few years the Association has gone through a process to review how it goes about its business, “The Way Ahead”. We want to encourage younger men to join our regional Branches and also to keep in touch by coming together in the Association group on Facebook. We welcome other Scots Guards groups such as Operation Motorman, The Rabbits Breakfast, Malaya & Borneo Veterans and the Tumbledown Veterans & Families Association. We also strive to encourage other similar Regimental groups big or small to come together both formally and informally.

Over the years in our Regimental Association Neil has been able to keep in touch with many friends from his service. Because of being a member of the Association he’s made many new friends across the whole Regiment – Surely that is what it’s all about!