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Detail from The Thin Red Line by Robert Gibb

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Breast Star awarded to Sir David Baird

A nation in arms

Recruitment poster for the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

A grand life for a Scotsman

Broadsword

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Highlander's sporran

Highland Soldier

Lance Corporal Roberts, Edinburgh Home Guard

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George Cross and service medals awarded to Corporal Mark W Wright

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