Lt Col Gary Tait MBE joined the Army in 1983 as a member of the 1st Battalion The Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment), progressing through the Rifle Company appointments, which included a tour in the Signal Platoon and as an Armoured Infantry Gunnery instructor; he held appointments at the Scottish Divisional Depot as an instructor and RMAS as an officer cadet; he was deployed on operational tours in Northern Ireland, the Gulf War, Bosnia, Iraq and Afghanistan; receiving The Queens Commission in 2002, Gary held posts as a Unit Welfare Officer, Officer Commanding the Regimental Recruiting Team and Regimental Career Management Officer; he was employed at the Army Personnel Centre as a staff officer before attending Staff College in Shrivenham for nine months, after which he studied at Kings College London for an MA before accepting a senior staff appointment in Divisional Headquarters; Gary was the lead staff officer for the implementation of the Army Recovery Centre at the Erskine Edinburgh home; from 2010 to 2016, Gary returned to regimental duty and undertook two further operational tours in Helmand in Afghanistan and supported a further tour of duty in Kabul; he held the post of executive officer for 6 SCOTS based in Glasgow from 2016 to 2018, and was latterly employed as the SO1 for Service Personnel Welfare at MOD Whitehall; Gary was also engaged as a director with the British Forces Broadcasting Service, as the chairman of McCraes Battalion Trust and Patron of the Ancre Somme Association Scotland; he led a team that was named the Army Benevolent Fund fundraisers of the year; Gary was appointed an MBE in 2002, received The Queens Commendation for Valuable Service in 2014 and the Chief of the General Staffs Commendation in 2016.

Gary was the proud Patron of ASA Scotland Charity and believed in the aims and objectives, supporting our Armed Forces, supporting remembrance through education, leaving a legacy generation to generation. Gary was also the Chairman of McCraes Battalion Trust.

Listen to Gary https://youtu.be/tRAVMCyd2c8

We are carrying on Garys wishes that our Armed Forces heritage is passed on to every generation; and to ensure the men and women who have paid the ultimate sacrifice serving our Soverign and Nation, are never forgotten.

When you go home, Tell them of us and say, For your tomorrow, We gave our today

Lt Col Gary Tait MBE will never be forgotten.