Medals of Scot who led secret D-day mission behind enemy lines for sale
The story of a Second World War hero from Scotland who spearheaded a secret mission on D-day has been retold after his medal group emerged at auction.
Lieutenant Frederick Balfour Scott was awarded the Military Cross by Field Marshal Montgomery for his role in Operation Mallard on 6 June, 1944.
The platoon commander led his troops after they were dropped behind enemy lines in Normandy under cover of darkness to secure the landing beaches before the invasion.
Scott, from Monifieth, Angus, and his men came under heavy fire before capturing a number of enemy positions, which helped to clinch victory on the Western Front.
After D-day, he contin- ued to lead his men forward and helped the Allies take a number of departments in north-west France.
Scott’s medals included in the sale are the 1939-45 Star, France and Germany Star, Defence Medal, War Medal and the General Service medal.
Also included are his beret, bearing the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry badge, and a red, white and black Nazi armband.
The collection is expected to fetch £3,000.
After the war, Scott served in Palestine and was demobilised from the Army after rising to the rank of major.