Mark,
Was it you or another South African that was coming with a pipe band from
SA to help celebrate the Queen Mum's birthday?
Laurel
----- Original Message -----
From: anderson whittle <andwhit@iafrica.com>
To: <sinclair@matrix.net>
Sent: Wednesday, June 21, 2000 7:55 AM
Subject: Re: "The Heroes of St Valery" - 51st Highland Division at St
Valéry-en-Caux
> Iain
>
> Dont' forget the South Africans, Aussies, New Zealanders
> Indians,the Russians in the East, and others - probably a list as long as
> the Templar
> properties in Scotland.
>
> Mark Anderson
> Cape Town
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <Iain.Laird@btinternet.com>
> To: <sinclair@matrix.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, June 21, 2000 4:34 PM
> Subject: "The Heroes of St Valery" - 51st Highland Division at St
> Valéry-en-Caux
>
>
> >
> > Following earlier postings, I have found further information and have
> posted
> > it all in one page on our website. There is a hyperlink from the
> frontpage.
> > One of the veterans of St Valery, Colonel Sir Robert 'Raas' Macrae, a
> Seaforth
> > Highlander, had a major part in restoring St Magnus Cathedral in Orkney,
> linked
> > to Fjaere, described in John Sinclair Quarterman's website, and not far
> from
> > Arendal in Southern Norway where I am for a few days. There is amazing
> synchronicity
> > all around us.
> >
> > This relates in part to the question of how the Second World War was
won.
> Britain
> > stood alone in 1940, but our allies from the occupied Nations flocked to
> our
> > shores. Norwegians, French, Poles, Dutch, Belgians, Czechs to name but
a
> few
> > joined the ranks of the British Services. But we would not have won
> without
> > the enormous effort and sacrifice of our US and Canadian cousins who
came
> far
> > from home for a second time in the 20th Century to fight and many to die
> for
> > our freedom. Lest we forget.
> >
> > Yours aye
> >
> > Iain Laird
> >
> > www.iain.laird.btinternet.co.uk
> >
> >
> >
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