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New plaque unveiled in Prague to Aberdeen Gordon Highlander William Greig Updated: May 11, 2021, 11:37 am © DCT Media William Greig became a hero in Prague during the Second World 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 A new plaque has been unveiled in Prague to mark the heroism of an Aberdeen-born Gordon Highlander and his colleague, who helped save the city from the Nazis in 1945. Lucy Hughes, the British deputy ambassador t...
The Aberdeen Gordon Highlander honoured for helping save Prague from the Nazis © DCT Media William Greig became a hero in Prague during the Second World War. It sounds like the script from a Commando comic; the young soldier who suffered captivity, escaped from the enemy, and was the hero of the hour in a desperate mission to save a city from oblivion. Yet, as the medal which has just been donated to the Gordon Highlanders Museum illustrates, there was nothing fictional about the fashion in which Private William Greig helped rescue Prague from the Nazis and became the recipient of the Czech ...