He was born on 26 October 1896[1] in Gatehouse of Fleet, in Kirkcudbrightshire, the son of William Learmonth (1860–1938), a schoolmaster, and his wife, Katherine (or Kathleen) Macauslan Craig.
[3] Early in the First World War (September 1914) he volunteered for the Lowland Field Ambulance attached to the RAMC.
His proposers were James Watt, John Alison, William Annan and Peter Comrie.
[5] He died on 20 October 1981 and is buried in Bowmore churchyard on the island of Islay in Scotland.
He secondly married Camilla Edie von Woukon les Crabowiec (Baroness Wokoun).