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He served in the [[51st Highland Division]] in the [[World War I|First World War]]. He was wounded in action three times and invalided out of the army in 1918. His main actions and wounds were received at [[High Wood]], [[Arras]] and the main German counter-attack of 1918. His lungs were damaged by a gas attack in the latter.<ref name=frse>{{cite book|title=Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002|date=July 2006|publisher=The Royal Society of Edinburgh|isbn=978-0-902198-84-5|url=https://www.royalsoced.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/biographical_index/fells_indexp2.pdf}}</ref>
He studied Science at [[
In 1934 he was elected a Fellow of the [[Royal Society of Edinburgh]]. His proposers were [[Edward Battersby Bailey]], [[George Tyrrell]], Sir [[John Graham Kerr]], [[John Walton (botanist)|John Walton]] and [[John Pringle (geologist)|John Pringle]].<ref name=frse/>
In 1941 he succeeded [[A. E. Trueman|Arthur Trueman]] as President of the Glasgow Geological Society. He was succeeded in turn in 1944 by
In 1949 he began lecturing in [[Geology]] instead of Palaeontology. He retired 1962.
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