Tag: victoria cross

Great War veteran’s Armistice Day Victoria Cross

Local News

Deadline News Journalist - November 11, 2014

He is said to have been a keen sportsman, a good shot, and, when opportunity offered, a keen follower to hounds, he was a...

The Edinburgh Academy rules footballs offside

Local News

Shaun Milne - November 17, 2010

ONE of Scotland’s top private schools has banned pupils from playing with full-size footballs on health and safety grounds. Edinburgh Academy, which has produced nine...

Scots war hero Mark Wright to feature in TV show

Deadline News Journalist - August 23, 2010

By Cara Sulieman THE STORY of a Scottish soldier who received the George Cross after his death in Afghanistan is to be told on television. Mark...

Teenager in awe of great uncle’s heroic war medals

Deadline News Journalist - November 4, 2008

By Alexander Lawrie A SCOTTISH schoolboy visited Edinburgh Castle yesterday to view his war hero uncle’s Victoria Cross for the first time. James Kellock, 15, from...