ERIC Gurr, 84, is one of several veterans whose experiences of war are being told as part of a new photographic exhibition celebrating the 90th anniversary of the Scottish Poppy Appeal.
ERIC Gurr, 84, is one of several veterans whose experiences of war are being told as part of a new photographic exhibition celebrating the 90th anniversary of the Scottish Poppy Appeal.
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Mr Gurr, who served with the Argyll and Southern Highlanders in the Korean War, was injured on November 5, 1950, after being shot several times during an ambush. He had to pretend he was dead in a desperate bid to remain alive and was one of only three people from his platoon to survive the assault.
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