A special service of remembrance will take place in Perthshire at the weekend in commemoration of the loss of HM Submarine Upholder and her decorated captain.
Lieutenant Commander Malcolm David Wanklyn, VC, DSO and two bars, was the most successful submarine captain, in terms of tonnage sunk, of the Second World War.
He was responsible for the sinking of nearly 140,000 tons of enemy shipping and is named on the war memorial in Meigle, as he had a family connection to the village, through his marriage to Elspeth Kinloch.
And on Sunday April 14, the Scotland North East branch of the Submariners Association will come together at the parish church in Meigle to remember his service and that of his vessel.
HMS Upholder was lost in the Mediterranean when the boat was sunk, in all probability by depth charges from the Italian vessel Pegaso.
The submarine was posted missing on April 14 1942, leading to the commemoration on this date.
The church service will be held at 1pm on Sunday and will be attended by members of the Submariners Association as well as residents of the village.
There will then be a reception and talk on the distinguished service of Lt Cdr Wanklyn in the Kinloch Arms Hotel, Meigle.
The officer was awarded the Victoria Cross in December 1941 for valour and resolution in command of HMS Upholder.
He was patrolling in Upholder off the south coast of Sicily in May 1941 and had already successfully attacked two escorted convoys.
The vessel was down to its last two torpedoes when, in failing light and with some instruments not working, Lt Cdr Wanklyn spotted a German convoy with a large destroyer escort.
He attacked and sank the troopship Conte Rosso, only to immediately come under attack from four destroyers, which dropped 38 depth charges.
By skilled seamanship, and with no instruments to guide him, Lt Cdr Wanklyn got his craft and crew to safety, earning him his VC.