A memorial plaque has been unveiled to honour considered one of Lanarkshire 's most notable struggle heroes.
Lieutenant Donald Cameron VC carried out one of the vital daring but profitable assaults on a German battleship throughout World Ward Two.
The Submariner from Carluke was remembered in a poignant service on the city's Excessive Road the place the commemorative blue plaque was positioned.
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The occasion was attended by the Lord Lieutenant of Lanarkshire Girl Haughey, civil dignitaries, senior Naval officers, in addition to members of the Submariners Affiliation and the native Sea Cadets group.
All of them joined locals and members of the Cameron household in marking the event.
Donald's daughter Amanda Pridaux is pictured on the presentation the place she unveiled her dad's blue plaque. It is going to now be ever-present in Carluke on the Junction of Excessive Road and Hamilton Road.
Amanda was solely 15 when her dad handed away. She informed Lanarkshire Stay that in her go to to Carluke she was capable of go to the birthplace of her father earlier than unveiling the plaque in his honour.
Amanda mentioned: "It was a stunning day. We have been very touched. I feel dad would've been thrilled, though very embarrassed as a result of we by no means talked about it.
"We solely ever began speaking about all of it as soon as we began having youngsters and grandchildren since you realise the historical past and they should know the way it's.
"We're immensely proud. He was very humble about all of it and mentioned he did it as a result of he was there.
"And I feel he would at all times extra bear in mind those that did not come again.
"As a household we really feel immensely proud to be descended from such a distinguished however immensely personal man."
Donald was a lieutenant within the Royal Naval Reserve, and on September 22, 1943, he used a midget submarine to hold out a stealth assault on the German battleship Tirpitz, at Kåfjord on the Altafjord, in Norway.
He, and one other lieutenant, travelled over 1000 miles by enemy territory to plant mines on the hull of the ship, efficiently disabling it for months.
The deed noticed the pair negotiate a minefield, dodge nets, gun defences and enemy listening posts, earlier than finally inserting the fees beneath the ship the place they went off an hour later.
The ensuing explosion precipitated the ship to be out of motion for a lot of months - proving a key mission in heroics documented all through World Warfare Two.
The Victoria Cross (VC) is the best and most prestigious award of the British honours system, given to members of the armed forces for specific actions throughout their service.
For his excellent gallantry and management, Donald was awarded his VC by King George VI in 1944.
He died in hospital, age 45, at Haslar, Hampshire in 1961. And his ashes have been buried at sea from HMS Thule in April, 1961.
Lord-Lieutenant Girl Haughey additionally attended the service. She informed us: “It was an honour and a privilege to attend the revealing of the Blue Plaque, from The Submariners Affiliation, and to fulfill Lieutenant Cameron’s household who had travelled from Portsmouth to attend the ceremony.
"Lieutenant Donald Cameron obtained the Victoria Cross medal for excellent bravery throughout WWII.
"One other brave struggle hero from Carluke, I'm delighted that a commemorative Blue Plaque together with a Victoria Cross Paving Stone have now been devoted in his reminiscence, in Carluke, to supply a long-lasting legacy inside the area people."
Following the dedication service on Saturday, Could 7, a reception sponsored by Thales Optonics was held in St John's Masonic Lodge operate corridor in Carluke.
Additionally in attendance on the occasion was Councillor Poppy Corbett of Clydesdale West. She mentioned: "Beautiful to attend the dedication of a plaque to Lieutenant Donald Cameron in Carluke this afternoon."
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