The Forgotten Highlander: My Incredible Story of Survival During the War in the Far East
Alistair Urquhart was a soldier in the Gordon Highlanders captured by the Japanese in Singapore. He not only survived working on the notorious Bridge on the River Kwai , but he was subsequently taken …
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