 McClintock was then posted to 54th Division on the Northumberland coast, ready – supposedly – for a German invasion, but woefully short of equipment.It was from there that he married, during the Battle of Britain, Elizabeth Anne Dawson, of Withyham, Sussex, the daughter of a widowed friend of his mother's (Olive Ramsay Dawson, "née" Davidson).Such were the exigencies of the time that the leave for his wedding was limited, officially, to 24 hours, though unofficially it was extended to 96 hours.