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Imperial War Museum displays Victoria Cross awarded to Broughty Ferry war hero Wing Commander Hugh Gordon Malcolm

A Victoria Cross awarded to a Second World War hero from Dundee has gone on display at the Imperial War Museum. (...)


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Fife Youth Olympiad Games team praised for their Italian job

Youngsters and coaches who represented Fife at this year's Youth Olympiad Games have been praised for their medal haul. (...)


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Elizabeth Cross for Malayan Emergency widow Phyllis Wylie, 63 years on

A war widow has been presented with the Elizabeth Cross in memory of her husband, who was killed in action more than 60 years ago. (...)


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Using Facebook to promote the story of Sea Dog Bamse

A group of Angus history enthusiasts are using Facebook to raise the profile of a second world war canine hero. (...)


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Bidders break estimate for medal awarded to Fife soldier killed by IRA

A medal awarded to a Fife-born soldier who was lured into a Belfast flat and murdered by IRA gunmen in the early 1970s sold for £2200 at auction — nearly three times more than it had been expected to fetch. (...)


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Maurice Paterson keeping Fife to fore on track

Maurice Paterson from Wormit was the only Disability Sport Fife representative at the annual Red Star open track and field championships in Glasgow. (...)


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Memorable season ends with medals from both sides of the border for former Par Willie Gibson

Dunfermline's former flying winger Willie Gibson has hit the jackpot after winning league championship medals on both sides of the border. (...)


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Ambassadors ready to inspire next generation of Olympic champions

The biggest gathering of Britain's most inspirational and accomplished Olympians has taken place in London in a bid to create a connection between our sporting heroes of yesterday and the stars of today and tomorrow. (...)


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Appeal to help find the story behind mystery medals

A Mearns auctioneer who unearthed two unusual medals thought to have been made in Perth in the 1800s has appealed for information on their history. (...)


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Special medal for former Dundee boxer Davey Croll

A former Dundee boxer has received a special medal commemorating a victorious bout he fought in London more than half-a-century ago. (...)


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Antique golf medal found in Brechin basement

When auctioneer David Smith was asked to survey valuables in a Brechin basement, he never thought he would stumble upon a piece of 1895 Angus sporting history. (...)


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Back to school for Commonwealth Games athlete Eilidh Child

Perth Grammar School pupils and staff have given their PE teacher Eilidh Child a hero's welcome after she returned from the Commonwealth Games with a silver medal. (...)


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Scottish veterans receive Pingat Jasa Malaysia medals

Hundreds of Scottish veterans of an oft-forgotten war have at last been recognised — almost half a century after the brutal conflict ended. (...)


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Fire and rescue staff's service recognised

Tayside Fire and Rescue Service staff were presented with long service and good conduct medals this week at the Blackness Road headquarters in Dundee. (...)


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Dragon boat paddler helps GB team make history

An Arbroath woman has made quite a splash in Holland as part of an all-slaying GB women's dragon boat team. (...)


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Perth curler pleased to end on high

Second best was good enough for Steven Mitchell, as the Perth curler walked away with the silver medal at the recent World Junior Curling Championships. (...)

More on: World Junior Curling | Tayside and Fife Institute of Sport | Steven Mitchell | Scott Andrews | Switzerland


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