Tributes have been paid to a well-known former Black Watch regimental sergeant major who made Carnoustie his home for many years.
Captain Dennis W. Giles was originally from Swindon but “ran away” to join the army at the age of 17 towards the end of the second world war.
He died peacefully at his home on Friday aged 83.
Captain Giles joined The Black Watch and served with the First Battalion until he retired.
He served in Korea, Kenya, Cyprus and was Regimental Sergeant Major for around six years.
Cpt Giles then served at Warminster in England, then Malta, Libya and Minden, West Germany.
He became the adjutant and quartermaster of the seventh Territorial Battalion of The Black Watch until he left around 1969.
Cpt Giles did various jobs after that and became the administrative officer for the first battalion of the First Highland Volunteers in Perth and then took up an executive post with the Territorial Army Volunteer Reserve Association until he retired.
His army associations, for which he was awarded the MBE, continued, and he was a founder member of the Reformed Angus Branch of The Black Watch Association.
Major Ronnie Proctor of The Black Watch Association said, “I was a young soldier under Captain Giles’ command and tutelage. It was through his instruction that we learned and many of us went on to achieve sergeant major like him.
“He was a firm and strict disciplinarian, but a fair and honest man who was respected by his peers as well as those above and below him.”
He is survived by wife Betty, two daughters, three grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.