One Blue Bonnet : A Scottish Soldier Looks Back

Frank Coutts grew up in Glasgow in the 1930s and had just embarked on a career in the Metropolitan Police when war broke out in 1939. After the war, Frank Coutts played rugby at international level for Scotland, while his army career took him all over the world - from the jungles of Malaya to the streets of cold-war Berlin.

Frank Coutts grew up in Glasgow in the 1930s and had just embarked on a career in the Metropolitan Police when war broke out in 1939. He joined the army and served with the King's Own Scottish Borderers as a platoon commander during some of the fiercest fighting of the war, as the Allies advanced through Holland and into Germany following the D-Day landings. After the war, Frank Coutts played rugby at international level for Scotland, while his army career took him all over the world - from the jungles of Malaya to the streets of cold-war Berlin. He became Colonel of the Regiment in 1970.First published in 1991, Frank Coutt's memoir, "One Blue Bonnet", has now been re-issued to mark the 90th birthday of one of the most popular and respected soldiers of his generation.