Lieutenant-Colonel E.H.G. Grant
7th Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders

During the recent ops from 26 Jun onwards until wounded on night 29 Jun, Lt-Col. Eneas Henry George Grant has displayed high qualities of leadership and has inspired his Bn by his personal courage and example at all times.

(D.S.O. citation, 19 Oct 1944)

Born on 14 August 1901 in Scotland, Eneas Henry George Grant was educated at Wellington College, Berks and Royal Military College, Sandhurst. In 1920, he took a commission with the Seaforth Highlanders, the regiment generations of his family had joined. Grant served with the 1st Battalion in Northern Ireland, Cyprus and Egypt. While stationed in Palestine during the Arab Revolt of 1936, he earned the Military Cross.

In 1940, he participated in the aborted second British Expeditionary Force before the fall of France. After postings to the 2nd and 6th Battalions, Seaforth Highlanders, Grant took command of the 7th Battalion in 1942. As part of the 15th Division, it landed in Normandy on D-Day +1. Grant earned the Distinguished Service Order for personal courage and inspirational leadership but was wounded at the end of June 1944.

The 7th Battalion was reorganized under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel D. Robertson. When Grant recovered, in December, he was promoted to brigadier of 185th Infantry Brigade in 3rd Division. In February 1945, he was assigned to 157th (Highland Light Infantry) Brigade in 52nd Division and earned a D.S.O. Bar for leadership in the fighting at the Rhine.

Grant continued to serve in the postwar British Army with postings in Germany and Gold Coast, Africa. His eldest son Lieutenant Patrick Angus Grant was killed on 8 September 1951 during the Korean War.

The elder Grant retired from the army in 1955 and died on 5 February 1994 in Nairn, Inverness.