A CAMPAIGN to find out more about a Dumbarton high school's war memorial plaque, has connected a current pupil with his great grandfather. Last month, the Reporter spoke to a family in the Vale whose great uncle was on the plaque in Our Lady and St Patrick's (OLSP) High School.

The plaque was unveiled in 1948 to commemorate the former pupils of the school who had died in conflict during the Second World War.

A school project headed up by Fraser McGarry, a history teacher at the school, involving pupils has been trying to find out the stories behind the names on the plaque.

Now it has emerged one fifth year pupil's great grandfather, who died at just 28, is on the plaque.

Brendan Black, 16, had known his great grandfather was involved in the war and says it's something he's grown up with.

He told the Reporter: "It's my great grandfather, that's on it, so I'm quite proud. I grew up knowing about it because of my grandfather, he was at the school when they put up the plaque."

Brendan's great grandfather William Black served in the Far East and was captured by the Japanese. He was held as a prisoner of war (POW) and died in 1944 in a prison camp. His remains are buried in a British cemetery in Kuala Lumpur and his family have visited the grave before.

His great-grandson says the recent interest in the plaque has reminded him of the importance of what the soldiers gave during the war.