Opera in Scotland Isles incident). Non-Scottish based operas by Davies include Mr Emmet Takes a Walk, Kommilitonen!, The Doctor of Myddfai, Cinderella and Resurrection. Davies died in 2016. Another major composer, with a questionable Scottish background is Judith Weir. In 2014 she was appointed Master of the Queen's Music, following on from Davies and becoming the first woman to hold this honorary role. Weir is of English birth, but Scottish heritage, and has worked both north and south of the border. She has used Scottish material in her opera, "The Vanishing Bridegroom". Commissioned by the Glasgow District Council, the opera was premiered by
Judith Webb Judith Webb Judith Webb is a former Major in the British Army and a proponent of equal physical standards for male and female service members. She appeared on the BBC 100 Women list for 2013. She was the first woman to command an otherwise all-male squadron of the British Army. Webb served in the 28th Signal Regiment of the British Army, and served in Germany and Cyprus. She was the first women to command an all-male squadron. She retired from the Army in 1986. In 2013 and 2014, Webb argued against women being allowed into British Army combat infantry units,