 Author and journalist, George MacDonald Fraser (2 April 1925 - 2 January 2008) was born and brought up in Currock, close enough to Upperby to be known locally as "Dr. Fraser's boy".He is best known for the "Flashman" series of novels, and "Quartered Safe Out Here", an autobiography of his wartime experiences in Burma with the Border Regiment.After the war he was commissioned in the Gordon Highlanders and later was deputy editor of the Glasgow Herald.