Pair who grew up on same Glasgow street now 'forever neighbours' serving side-by-side in the Army

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Two Glasgow neighbours who went to the same school have found themselves serving side-by-side as soldiers in the Royal Regiment of Scotland.Martin Stirling, 26, and Jamie Simpson, 21, whose families live on the same street in Maryhill, are today living just doors apart once again in Glencorse barracks near Edinburgh.The pair were also recently deployed to the Middle East, where they were based together for three months.They are both fusiliers in 2nd Battalion, the Royal Regiment of Scotland (2Scots).Fus Simpson said: "He's my forever neighbour seemingly no matter where we are in the world.""Martin's friends with my older brother, so I've always known him, whether it was through school or playing football together.""At home, I could virtually see into his house from my window, so yeah, it's fair to say he's a familiar face."Both men went to Cadder Primary School and Cleveland Secondary.Fus Simpson is the younger of the two men but he was the first to join the British Army.After leaving school, Fus Stirling studied sports coaching at college and worked in Asda before deciding to sign up.Fus Simpson said: "I signed up as soon as I left school.

I've always known it was what I wanted to do, so that was me away.""Then, one day when I was back home washing my car, Martin came and asked me about Army life and what it was like.""I told him all about it how I enjoyed the training, the travel, the skills it taught me, and offered to help him with the process if he was wanting to enrol.""I even gave him a lift up to the barracks a 6am pick-up's not too bad when you're only up the road.""It didn't take long after that and when he passed his training, he was posted to my battalion."Fus Stirling joined up two years after his neighbour