A young Stirling piper took part in last Friday’s commemorations of a WW2 battle in Normandy which resulted in the capture of thousands of Scottish soldiers.Wallace High School sixth-year pupil Murray Mcneish travelled to Morayshire to play the pipes for 99-year-old veteran Donald Smith at his home in Forres.Murray’s great grandfather Thomas Mcneish was in the Seaforth Highlanders with Donald and both were captured in St Valéry-en-Caux, known as the ‘forgotten Dunkirk’ in June 1940.The 18-year-old was among many pipers across the country who took part in the event organised by charities Poppyscotland, Legion Scotland and RCET: Scotland’s Armed Forces Children’s Charity.At 10am last Friday pipers up and down Scotland played the march ‘Heroes.
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