The author resides with his wife, Kay, in Bridge of Allan, Stirlingshire, in Scotland and within the shadow so-to-speak of Stirling Castle, the Wallace Monument, and the Ochil Hills.

Having followed a career in the Police and Civil Service, Neil has now taken to researching and writing about a period in Scottish history which is sometimes forgotten - and the many young men who left their native hills and glens and went off to Europe in the hope of a better life in the Scots Brigade.