Indian Army cadets travel all the way to Kingussie to thank Isobel
India's National Cadet Corps has paid its respects in Badenoch, both at the "Indian Graves" and the new monument honouring the Force K6 heroes.
Today a party of 10 immaculately turned out cadets saluted the sacrifice made by the brave men from the Indian Army who came here to train in the brutal Cairngorm winter of World War II.
And they were also able to thank a local heroine of our own in Isobel Harling BEM, the British Legion Scotland officer who devoted seven decades to caring for those nine lonely headstones facing East in Kingussie's New Cemetery.
It was the first visit of its kind for the young cadets, who told the Strathy they could not have been more thrilled with the way their tour, organised by Headquarters Army Regional Command, was going.
They had made their way down from Fort George and Culloden to visit the graves and the monument, where they laid wreathes.
With flowers and salutes they paid their deep respects and thanks to Mrs Harling, now 100 years old, at her home in the Wade Centre.
"It is a very special day indeed," said local facilitator Major Heather Lawrie Taylor, "as it also happens to be South Asian History Month. It is wonderful to see the cadets here, to bridge the generations."
