Brodie | lan Ashley Morton | | Captain | BRODIE, IAN ASHLEY MORTON, Captain, was born 26 September 1868, eldest son of Hugh Brodie of Brodie and Lady Eleanor Brodie, sister of the 3rd Earl of Ducie. He was Lord Lieutenant of Nairnshire and a landed proprietor there. He was educated at Eton and Cambridge, and joined the Scots Guards in 1890, serving in that regiment for about three years. He served in the South African War with Lord Lovat's Scouts, 1900-2, and took part in operations in the Transvaal, May and June, 1900, including actions near Johannesburg, Pretoria and Diamond Hill (11 and 12 June); operations in Orange River Colony, May to 29 November 1900, including action at Wittebergen; operations in the Orange River Colony and Cape Colony 30 November 1900, to 31 May 1902. He was mentioned in Despatches [London Gazette, 29 July 1902]; awarded the Queen's and King's South African Medals with six clasps, and was created a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order [London Gazette, 31 October 1902]: "lan Ashley Morton Brodie, Captain, Lovat's Scouts (Imperial Yeomanry). In recognition of services during the operations in South Africa". He became Major 30 March, 1903, and retired from the Service. Major Brodie of Brodie served in the European War, 1915, in the Dardanelles, Egypt and Palestine. For his services he received a mention in Despatches and was awarded the Military Cross. He married, in 1904, Violet, daughter of Colonel Montagu Hope, and they had one son. DSO, MC, 1911 Coronation, QSA (4) CC Joh D-H Witt, KSA (2) (Capt Lovat's Scouts), 1914-15 Star (Capt 2 Lovat's Scts), BWM, Victory Medal (Capt). Spinks 1978 £625.
Source: DSO recipients (VC and DSO Book) | Lovat's Scouts |