Dumfriesshire MP David Mundell this week revealed he had hoped that a former soldier would put himself in the firing line to become the country’s next leader.
The politician was disappointed that his Conservative colleague Ben Wallace, who currently serves as Defence Secretary, did not enter the race to become the next Prime Minister.
Before moving into politics, Ben Wallace served with the British Army for eight years, first commissioned into the Scots Guards and later rising through the ranks to Captain.
