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.....Maybe...

July 8th 1911 saw the birth of Simon Fraser, Lord Lovat, the Chief of Clan Fraser, Scottish aristocrat and soldier.

Lord Lovat was born Simon Christopher Joseph Fraser, he was a  Scottish Highland aristocrat, landowner, and soldier whose family had a colourful history. Lord Lovat is a title in the peerage of Scotland, created in 1458. Beaufort Castlenear Inverness was their ancestral home and was where the 15th Lord Lovat was born.

The family may have had money but the Young Simon,or Shimi as he was known, from the Gaelic pronunciation, was sent to South america to earn a crust, working on coffee plantations in Brazil and look after shorthorn bulls in Argentina. His father raised the territorial militia known as the Lovat Scouts in 1900. It served honourably in WWI. Shimi became the 24th Chief of the Clan Fraser upon his father’s death in 1933.

On the outbreak of WWII the creation of small units of highly trained, highly skilled, shock troops utilizing hit and run tactics was proposed and in June 1940, the Commandos came into being. Volunteers came from all branches of the military including some from other counries.

Lovat quickly volunteered training his men at Achnacarry in the Highlands. Sleeping in the mud and rain, surviving on what they caught in the field, climbing steep mountains with full backpacks and no rest, everyone pulled their weight. Lovat’s leadership was soon  put to the test. No.4 Commando raided the occupied Lofoten Islands in Norway March 1941 the unit destroyed an oil depot, factories, and 11 ships. Rank and responsibilities came quickly; he was awarded the Distinguished Service Order and Military Cross for gallantry. The Commandos were such a thorn in Hitler’s side, he instituted the Commando Order on 18 October 1942. This secret order decreed that any Commando who was caught or surrendered, would be shot without trial, even if he was in proper military uniform.

June 6th 1944 saw Lovat, now a Brigadier bring the men of the 1st Special Service Brigade ashore at Sword Beach with Bill Millin playing his bagpipes. The landing and Bill Millin were immortalised in the film, The Longest Day, Shimi was later asked if Piper Millin had indeed played his bagpipes as they stormed ashore under fire. “Yes, a fearless man he was!” he declared with pride. “The war office regulations said no pipers in combat; I just ignored them.” Millin’s presence on the beach raised morale and made history; you can’t talk about Lord Lovat and D-Day without mentioning Bill Millin. The bridge scene though, where his men are seen marching behind Millin and Shimi on the bridge was fiction, Lovat admitted that “I lost a few good men to snipers on that bridge,” he said. “We actually ran across!”

On 12 June 1944, Lovat and his officers were hit by friendly artillery fire. He was badly wounded and evacuated back to England where he made a full recovery. After the war, he became involved in politics for a short while. But he tired of it and returned home to Inverness to manage the family’s huge estate.

Tragedy struck the Lovat family during the mid 90's when he lost two of his sons in 1994 within weeks of each other aged 42 and 54, Shimi passed away the nest year, it is said that he died of a broken heart. His loyal piper Bill Millin played his bagpipes at his funeral.

Brigadier the Earl of Lovat and his wife Lady Lovat were greatly respected and loved for their generosity and kindness in Invernesshire.

I pulled out my cards for you Noble.

7 of Pentacles reversed!

I think you’d enjoy this Ewim! 🤗

Hot dad alert! (Idk why Pedro has a broken arm)

Why he has a broken arm is one thing... why hes shaking peoples hand with his broken arm is another thing entirely. A bit of a power move really.

Oh is Bob returning to his chaotic bisexual era? Good for him.