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No sooner was this crisis over than the 7th was ordered back to Holland, and Mackinnon led it across the Rhine and remained in command to the end of hostilities, when the battalion accepted the surrender of the remnants of a German corps near Bremen. His war experiences had also included spending several days in an open boat after being torpodoed in a troop ship in the South Atlantic. Mackinnon resumed his business career by joining the merchant bankers Brown Shipley & Co, in 1946, when the firm was in the process of changing from a partnership to a limited company. He played an important part in the development of the business at a critical time, serving as its chairman from 1953 until 1963. He was chairman of Brown Shipley Holdings when the merchant banking group became a public quoted company in 1960. He remained a director of Brown, Shipley & Co, until his retirement in 1976 and of Brown Shipley Holdings until 1981. During this active business career he served as chairman of the Accepting Houses Committee (1967-1970); of the Agricultural Credit Corporation (1959-1975) and of the Australia and New Zealand Banking Group (1975-1977). He was a director of many other companies. He brought his wide business experience to the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital when he joined the board of governors in 1953. He took an active interest in its affairs and was chairman of the governors from 1969 to 1978. For many years he was also a governor of the Keil School in Dumbarton. He greatly enjoyed fishing and golf and in his hey-day was a first class shot. His wartime comrades will recall with amusement that as a soldier his approach was very much that of the businessman: the job had best be done as speedily and efficiently as possible. He had little time for that harmless pomp which accompanies some aspects of soldiering. It was noted that his kilt was held up by braces. He was married in 1947 and leaves his widow, Marsinah, and two sons. (Reprinted, with permission, from The Times, 1 1 th July 1987) C.V. MERRETT C.V. Merrett came up to Pembroke in 1920 with a distinguished academic record from Cheltenham Grammar School. He obtained second class honours in both Mods and Greats and, on going down in 1924, he embarked on a number of short term teaching posts until his appointment to Queen Mary's Grammar School, Walsall where he served for thirty-four years until his retirement in 1963. He was head of Classics at Queen Mary's and a scholar who was sensitive to literature and keenly interested in languages, modern as as well well as as ancient. ancient. Possessing Possessing aa high high sense senseof ofduty duty,, he maintained discipline with ease and quietude. He will be missed by the generations of former pupils, many of whom attained success in his fields of interests. C.V. Merrett was a Fellow of the Institute of Linguists and a Member of the Classical Association. He published a translation of Book VI of the Aeneid, produced Latin crosswords and contributed to Hamish Military newspapers. He wrote many poems both in English and other languages, travelled extensively and had a profound love and knowledge of the countryside which he was especially able to indulge during the years of his retirement in his native Gloucestershire.