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Lt Col Gerald Strickland MBE, Commanding Officer 1st Battalion The Royal Gurkha Rifles, said that with Major Bowman's death, the battalion had lost a "brave" and "truly courageous" commander who had led with a "rare determination".
Major General McColl started his army career in 1973 when he was commissioned into the 1st Battalion of the Royal Anglian Regiment and his early appointments included spells in Cyprus, Norway, Northern Ireland and Belize.