Alex Ross – Tain POW at Colditz Castle
One of Tain’s wartime prisoners had a remarkable story.
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The Diary of Roderick Christie
Roderick “Roddy” Christie of Drummond Street, Tain, served with the 4th Battalion Seaforth Highlanders and was captured following the fighting at St Valery in June 1940. His surviving wartime diary provides a remarkable first-hand record of almost five years as a prisoner of war.
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Lachlan “Lachie” Gallie
4th Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders
Lachie Gallie’s story has been compiled from information provided by his wife, Irene Gallie.
Hugh Macdonald – Memories of War and Captivity, Part One
Hugh Macdonald of Tain writes to his daughter Liz, recalling memories of his service with the Seaforth Highlanders, the fighting and surrender at St Valery in 1940, his years as a prisoner of war, the long winter march of 1945, and his eventual liberation and return home.
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Hugh Macdonald – Memories of War and Captivity, Part Two
Hugh Macdonald of Tain writes to his daughter Liz, recalling further memories of his service with the Seaforth Highlanders, the fighting and surrender at St Valery in 1940, his years as a prisoner of war, the long winter march of 1945, and his eventual liberation and return home.
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A Seaforth's Story
Bobby Sellar of Tain's 1,000-mile journey across war-torn Europe for love.
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Mortar Squad poem.
A huge number of men from Easter Ross spent most of the war as P.O.W’s after being captured at St Valery on the 12th of June 1940. This poem was said to have been written in the South of England before embarking for France and mentions the names of men from our area most of whom were taken prisoner, some of them never coming home again.
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