For the majority of people in Perth and Kinross, the end of the war in 1945 brought joy.But for many, it was tinged with sadness that their loved one had made the ultimate sacrifice.The pain would have been even more keenly felt by the family of Pipe Major John Whyte.Perth mum urges parents to make use of resource to get through lockdown John, from Coupar Angus, was killed in Germany on May 4, 1945, just two hours before the cease-fire order and four days before the conflict in Europe officially ended.
He was only 23.It is thought John was the last piper to be killed in World War II.Website Bagpipe.news is now looking for more information on John, who is buried at Becklingen War Cemetery in Niedersachsen in Lower Saxony, Germany.John’s
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