Gillean Robert Maclaine of Lochbuie, 20th Baron of Moy (3 January 1921 – 5 May 1970) was the 25th hereditary Chief of Clan Maclaine of Lochbuie. Son of Kenneth Douglas Lorne MacLaine, 19th Baron of Moy, 24th of Lochbuie, and Olive Marguerite Stewart- Richardson, Lady Moy. Married Noreen Olive Beadon; one son, Lorne Maclaine. In August 1942 he received an emergency commission into

The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) The Black Watch, 3rd Battalion, Royal Regiment of Scotland (3 SCOTS) is an infantry battalion of the Royal Regiment of Scotland. The regiment was created as part of the Childers Reforms in 1881, when the 42nd (Royal Highland) Regiment ...

and immediately transferred to the

Glider Pilot Regiment The Glider Pilot Regiment was a British airborne forces unit of the Second World War, which was responsible for crewing the British Army's military gliders and saw action in the European theatre in support of Allied airborne operations. Establish ...

. By 1944 he was serving as Section Commander, F Squadron ( No. 2 Wing), The

, part of the Airborne Forces at

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. By the time of his retirement, as an Hon. Captain on 25 November 1953, he had transferred back to The Black Watch.

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{{S-end 1921 births 1970 deaths Scottish clan chiefs People from Argyll and Bute Black Watch officers Glider Pilot Regiment officers British Army personnel of World War II 20th-century Scottish businesspeople Scottish barons