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Craig Meighan

Swinney pays tribute to hero uncle who won posthumous Victoria Cross in war

John Swinney looks at the portrait of his uncle Thomas Peck Hunter who won a VC (Andrew Milligan/PA) - (PA Wire)

John Swinney has paid tribute to his Royal Marine uncle on the 80th anniversary of his death in the Second World War.

Corporal Thomas Peck Hunter, of 43 Commando Royal Marines, was awarded a posthumous Victoria Cross for bravery after he was killed in action in Italy in 1945.

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