Praise for Grantown-on-Spey shop worker's war book

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Praise for Grantown-on-Spey shop worker's war book

Post by emanday » Thu Mar 18, 2010 8:49 pm

News item on the BBC website. This book looks like an interesting read for anyone interested in that area. Its about the lives of soldiers named on the war memorial...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/hig ... 572072.stm
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Re: Praise for Grantown-on-Spey shop worker's war book

Post by AndrewP » Fri Mar 19, 2010 12:10 am

That is a memorial with a lot of names on it. The research must have taken a lot of time.

http://warmemscot.s4.bizhat.com/viewtopic.php?t=1692

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