An Officer and a Conman ; Bedecked with Medals, Honoured by the Queen, Feted As a War Hero, and with a Beautiful Lady On His Arm, Sir Alan Mcilwraith Kbe, Dso, Mc Was Almost Too Good to Be True. And Guess What ...

Daily Mail › April 21, 2006

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WITH a chestful of medals glinting and a white - gloved hand cradling a glass of champagne, Captain Sir Alan McIlwraith KBE, DSO, MC, certainly stood out at the charity gala luncheon. How could he not when he was, by all accounts, 'dressed up like a Christmas tree'?

Taking his seat at top table three at the Woman of Influence Awards at the University of Strathclyde's Barony Hall in Glasgow last month, he chinked glasses with his partner, Lady Shona, herself dressed in an elegant and faintly regal mint-green outfit. Indeed, so important did this 28-year-old war hero appear to be that the children's homes charity NCH placed the couple on the same table as award winner Maureen Moore and other VIPs.

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An Officer and a Conman ; Bedecked with Medals, Honoured by the Queen, Feted As a War Hero, and with a Beautiful Lady On His Arm, Sir Alan Mcilwraith Kbe, Dso, Mc Was Almost Too Good to Be True. And Guess What ...

'When I saw him I thought "My goodness he looks terribly young to have been knighted", and was astounded someone that young could have done so many heroic things,' says Mrs Moore, who was being honoured for her work as chief executive of ASH Scotland and her success in lobbying for a public smoking ban.

'I simply thought he must have been incredibly brave,' Mrs Moore, 58, adds.

'The pair of them seemed quite at home among the VIPs, although they both seemed rather reserved and shy - especially Lady Shona - but they happily posed for photographs.

'I did wonder how she could call herself "Lady Shona" when they weren't actually...

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