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Poignant last letters of brave young Highland soldiers killed in the Gulf War

Updated: February 26, 2021, 11:29 am
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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.
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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 courageous lads to their families. ....

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Poignant last letters of brave young Scots soldiers killed in the Gulf War

Poignant last letters of brave young Scots soldiers killed in the Gulf War
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British troops pictured preparing for a ground attack during the Gulf War in 1991.
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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 courageous lads to their families. ....

Fort William , United Kingdom , Northern Ireland , Fort George , United States , Kuwait City , Kuwait General , Sandy Russell , Pte Donald , Saddam Hussein , Norman Stormin Schwarzkopf , Norman Schwarzkopf , Pte Lang , Pte John Lang , Martin Ferguson , Pte Neil Donald , Pte Ferguson , George Bush , United Nations Security Council , Lochabar High School , British Army Desert Rats , Royal Air , Un Security Council , Gulf War , Town Highlanders , John Lang ,