Hughie with his latest medals
Visit his picture show

Born in GORBALS in August 1931, Hughie (or Shug, as he's more effectionatly known in the family) moved to GOVAN as a schoolboy and is one of our lesser known heroes.
The Korean War Veteran , View Korean War Memorial
(CAN ANYONE TELL ME WHY THIS IS THE FORGOTTEN WAR?)
moved into Erskine Hospital in 1965.

NOTE: (A political row blew up in 2000 when three Scots regiments were banned from attending a ceremony to mark the 50th anniversary of the Korean War.
They, along with the rest of the British armed forces, were told the Ministry of Defence couldn't afford to send them.
Scots regiments played a vital role in the war, with troops from north of the border among the 1078 British lives lost in the three year war.
The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders were among the first troops to arrive in the region in August 1950, from their posting in Hong Kong. Major Kenneth Muir recieved a posthumous Victoria Cross for his role in the war.
The King's Own Scottish Borderers joined the conflict in the autumn of 1951.
The Black Watch were in the region from June 1952 to July 1953, fighting the Battle of the Hoop.
Chief of the Defence Staff Sir Charles Guthrie said cost and world-wide commitments meant troops couldn't be spared. This outraged veterans who were paying their own way. Labour MP's couldn't believe the MoD could not find funds for even a small representation.
In the summer of 2000 a memorial to those who died was unveiled at Beecraigs Country Park, West Lothian, on the 50th anniversary of the outbreak of the war.
Bill Petrie, 74, secretary of the Lothian and West of Scotland branch of the British Korean War Veterans Association, said; "I hope young people will look at this memorial and realise that there is an alternative to all the killing, maimimg and scarring of war"

Severly disabled since the age of 21, Hugh has fought against his disability and has lived a fullsome life. He was head printer for many years at Erskine Hospital for the Disabled Ex-Servicemen and Women.

23rd February 2000 saw Hughie move to the first phase of the £26 million renovation of Erskine Hospital at Erskine Mains Home in Meadows Drive, Erskine which was opened by Princess Anne.
The home has 34 individual bedrooms for residents and is the first stage of a long-term development to replace the main building of the hospital which cares for more than 200 residents.
Hugh was getting his own bedroom for the first time in his life as, being from a large family, he had always shared before entering the army and then various hospitals.

On leaving Erskine Hospital Hughie had the following message for everyone;

Now that I've settled in my new home at Erskine Mains I'd like to thank all the people I miss.
The Auxilliaries, Domestic Staff, Occupational Therapy staff, Physiotherapy Staff, Senior Staff, Office Staff, Canteen staff, and residents throughout the hospital who have become my friends over the past 35 years (25 years as a printer).
It was not until I moved that I realised how much I missed you all.
I have to say that the new accomodation I have is absolutely marvellous - out of this world!
You will all see this for yourselves come September.
The level of comfort you can expect is TOPS and the care is second to none.
You are all free to visit anytime you are passing, the residents and staff will make you more than welcome.
Thanks again for all the help and support I have recieved over the past 35 years.
Hugh Currie
Erskine Mains Home.

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