High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Colonel Sir Alan Gomme Gomme-Duncan MC, originally Alan Gomme Duncan (5 July 1893–13 December 1963) was a British army officer who served in both World Wars; he was recalled to the army at the age of 45 in advance of World War II. In a brief break in his career he was Inspector of Prisons for Scotland. After the liberation of Europe he went into politics and served for fourteen years as a Conservative Member of Parliament in Scotland, becoming known for humorous remarks combined with a lively partisanship.