Community event to remember Sandwick war hero

Community event to remember Sandwick war hero

A Second World War hero is to be honoured by his own community more than 80 years after he died in a courageous lone charge under heavy fire that saved his platoon – but not himself.

Sandwick to Honour Forgotten War Hero After Eighty Years

Sandwick will honour Corporal Duncan MacAulay at a community event on 9 May 2026, recognising an act of extraordinary bravery during the Second World War that went unacknowledged for more than eighty years. The event, titled Honour a Local Hero, will take place from 1.30pm to 3.30pm and is open to all members of the community, with organisers encouraging attendance to mark the life and sacrifice of one of their own. Corporal MacAulay, from East …