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© DCT Media Major General Seymour Monro (then Colonel Monro), has been recalling his role in the first Gulf War. Sign up for our newsletter and let our nostalgia team take you on a trip back in time Thank you for signing up to our Nostalgia newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up The man who led a Highland regiment during the Gulf War has recalled the pride and tragedy of the desert battlefield 30 years on. Major General Seymour Monro, 70, was the commanding officer of the Queen’s Own Highlanders (QOHLDRS) during a remarkable chapter in the regiment’s hi...

Updated: February 26, 2021, 11:29 am © Everett/Shutterstock The Highlanders formed part of the British Army’s Desert Rats 1st Armoured Division in the tactical ‘four-day’ war, waged against a backdrop of burning oil fields. Sign up for our newsletter and let our nostalgia team take you on a trip back in time Thank you for signing up to our Nostalgia newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up A young Highland soldier wrote home of the “horrors” of the Gulf War just days before he and his two teenage comrades were killed in friendly fire. These were amo...

Poignant last letters of brave young Scots soldiers killed in the Gulf War © Shutterstock British troops pictured preparing for a ground attack during the Gulf War in 1991. Sign up for our newsletter and let our nostalgia team take you on a trip back in time Thank you for signing up to our Nostalgia newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up A young Highland soldier wrote home of the “horrors” of the Gulf War just days before he and his two teenage comrades were killed in friendly fire. These were among the final, moving letters written by the three courage...