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Military hero rose from lowly private to become a Major General

INVERNESS COURIER, TUESDAY, JUNE 23,1992 By Duncan Ross THE son of an Inverness shoemaker, William MacBean was one of a rare breed of Highland soldiers who rose from the lowest rank of the British Army to join the elite corps of senior officers. It would be considered an achievement even today, but in the rigid …

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