Scottish Veterans Association

It is with great pleasure that we able to announce that Cllr Alex Davidson,  our Scottish Veterans Association President, has been appointed “The Veterans Champion for West Lothian”.

Cllr Davidson has been active as a Councillor in West Lothian for over 20 years and has held various offices within the West Lothian Council.

He has a great interest in Military History (in particular the Special Services). His family have in the past and are still involved in the Army. It is his dedication to the welfare of our troops that secured his nomination as President of The Scottish Veterans Association Charity, a position he has held for the past two years.

As Veterans Champion we feel sure that he will highlight the needs of our service personnel and do everything in his power to ensure that their voices are heard.

Our best wishes and support go with him in his new position.

John Richardson
Chairman, The Scottish Veterans Association

We recently received the following request from a site visitor:

The Expat Veterans Association in Bangkok are a charitable organization whose role is to run fund raising events for charity throughout the year and as such select the most deserving causes for each event.

On the 18th of April this year they will be marking the 70th year of the Thai – Burma Railway (Death Railway) by performing a large undertaking to raise money for charity. Four of their member’s will be leaving Three Pagoda Pass on the border with Burma and bike, canoe and will over eight days, keeping as close as they can to the original wartime railway track, walk 300 km’s.  Eventually finishing on the morning of the 25th April in time for the ANZAC day remembrance services at Kanchanaburi War Cemetery. All monies raised will be going, to veteran’s organisations, the Returned Services League from Australia, the Royal British Legion and finally the Thai Veteran’s Hospital in Bangkok.

For details of the Long March please visit the website www.the-long-march.com

The trip is not only remembering the men who built this, but the amazing spirit and courage that they represent, that should never be forgotten.

The Scottish Veterans Association have been contacted by Elly Welch.  She is researching a BBC Alba documentary about the Falkland Islands (thirtieth Anniversary).  She is very keen to track down any West Coast Scottish and in particular, Gaelic speaking former servicemen who were involved in the conflict and might have memories or compelling stories to share.

Should you be interested, please contact Elly direct on

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