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I should have really titled this “A right pair of Cyaakers’”

The BBC reports that identical twins from Aberdeenshire are retiring from the Army after notching up a century of service between them – in nearly identical careers.

Majors Jimmie and Ron James, 64, both joined the Army on the same day in 1959 and were promoted on the same day for almost every rank in their careers. It culminated in the Buchan brothers serving as Regimental Sergeants Major and being commissioned as officers. The pair are due to retire on Thursday, after serving 50 years each. The brothers, from New Pitsligo, were 15 when they joined the Army at the same time, after seeing an advert.

All I can say is my admiration know no bounds for this pair of Cyaakers who have served their country for 50 years each,  I thought my father who served for over 40 years had done well but this pair take the biscuit.

Just as a matter of interest my great-grandfather was born in New Pitsligo back in 1857.

BBC NEWS | Scotland | North East/N Isles | Army twins retire after 100 years.