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Scottish war hero's last stand revealed 75 years after victory over Japan Day

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Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our personalised newsletter.A hero soldier’s final moments as he dashed to freedom from a Japanese POW camp have been revealed 75 years after VJ Day.Ben Bradford-Martin, of 1st Battalion, the Cameronians, was listed as missing for decades, presumed killed in Burma during World War II.But as the country paused to remember the 75th anniversary of Victory in Japan Day yesterday, a historian revealed he had details of his escape and the horrific conditions he and his comrades endured.His story and a bugle donated to his regiment by his mother Margaret form the centrepiece of a new VJ Day exhibition at Low Parks museum in Hamilton.Curator Barrie Duncan told how prisoners were.

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