Information board about Corporal James Hendry GC of the Royal Canadian Engineers who was posthumously awarded the George Cross

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Information board on the banks of Loch Laggan about Corporal James Hendry GC of the Royal Canadian Engineers who was posthumously awarded the George Cross. The George Cross is awarded to mark acts of the most conspicuous courage in circumstances of extreme danger A fire broke out in a tunnel and Corporal Hendry was killed after alerting people and allowing others to take cover, he attempted, unsuccessfully to extinguish the fire.

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Size: 5616px × 3744px
Location: Loch Laggan, Scotland, UK
Photo credit: © PictureScotland signs / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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