Four Perthshire soldiers who gave their lives at the “forgotten Dunkirk” during WW2 will be remembered in a nationwide tribute.
Pipers across Scotland are being invited to join in unison at 10am on June 12 to take to their doorsteps and play the haunting pipers’ march, Heroes of St Valéry.Among the thousands to be remembered will be Corporal George Nicoll, Alexander Anderson, John Kidd and James Watt of the Highland Division.All four were involved in the battle of Saint-Valéry-en-Caux, a mere 100 miles along the coast from Dunkirk. No Perth College graduation ceremonies in 2020 as precaution against COVID-19 On June 12, 1940, just days after Operation Dynamo, the successful mass evacuations at Dunkirk, the division remained on continental