Colonel Sir Allan MacDonald Gilmour of Invernauld, KCVO OBE MC of Rosehall, was a British soldier and politician.
He was popularly called "Uncle Allan" and was well known for the North African campaign against General Rommel.
From 1944, he served in Normandy, the Netherlands, and in Germany where he received the Distinguished Service Cross from the United States.
He also served with the British Army of the Rhine and later became a military and infantry instructor in the Middle East and Pakistan.
At the time of his retirement in 1967, he was a Colonel of the Queens Own Highlanders (Seaforth and Camerons) from Headquarters, Scottish Command, Edinburgh.
He represented the Dornoch, Creich, and Kincardine wards on the Highland Regional Council at its inception in 1974.
He has also served as the chairman of the East Sutherland Council of Social Service and as a board member of the Scottish National Orchestra Society.
[1] Gilmour had his tie caught in his fan belt at Bonar Bridge on his way to a meeting at Dornoch.