One Blue Bonnet

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.