John MacGregor VC book on sale at Royal British Legion

The book costs ten pounds and a percentage of each sale is going to the refurbishment of the hall.

The campaign to raise the profile of John MacGregor in Scotland took a major step forward this weekend with a two page feature in the Mail on Sunday. The article starts:

"His life could have come straight out of a Hollywood movie - and to this day he remains Canada's most decorated soldier.

Yet for decades, the wartime adventures of Scot John MacGregor have been unknown in his native land."

Also an article here from Donald Wilson in last week's Highland News

"VC war hero's legacy"

"A BOOK on the life story of a First World War hero born near Cawdor - who won the Victoria Cross after he knocked out a German machine gun post in the trenches of France - is going to help refurbish the British Legion hall in Nairn."
More from this article by Donald Wilson on the Highland News site.

Here's a picture of David Shillabeer of Nairn British Legion holding a copy of the book about the Cawdor-born VC winner in front of a display dedicated to John MacGregor VC. Picture from Murray MacRae.

UPDATE: the Gurn has been informed that a web site has been created by Iain Fairweather to honour the memory of John MacGregor VC, MC and Bar, DCM