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John Guthrie was a fisherman from Dunure, Ayrshire, Scotland.
He was on a minesweeper H.M.S. 1048 during the War.
His ship was involved in the Allied landings in Normandy.
John and his party of men went ashore at Cherbourg, and came under fire, but John and his men was able to clear the breakwaters of hundreds of mines, enabling the landing to go ahead successfully.
On September 29th, 1945 John received notifcation he was to be awarded the Croix de Guerre for his courage.
but John, being the quiet man he was never claimed the medal.
It was 29 yeas ago that Bert Andrews the skipper of the Pathfinder, herd Jonh say he had won the Croix de Guerre and never bothered to collect it.
Bert wrote to the British Embassy in Paris, asking if John coul sill get his medal. and a few days later John receied his medal 31 years to the day after he won it.
my uncle John a hero to me and all the family. Andrew Guthrie.

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