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Old Photograph Jimmie Guthrie Memorial Scotland
Old photograph of the Jimmie Guthrie memorial in Hawick, Scotland. Tour Scottish Borders. Andrew James " Jimmie " Guthrie, born 23 May 1897, died 8 August 1937, was a Scottish motorcycle racer famous for 19 motorcycle Grand Prix wins and 3 victories in the North West 200 and 6 wins at the Isle of Man TT Races in his career. On leaving school he became an apprentice engineer with a local firm. He joined the Border Battalion of the 4th King's Own Scottish Borderers and on his 18th birthday headed off to the horrors of Gallipoli and the Great War. In a dreadful accident, 215 men were killed just miles from home, when their troop train collided with a goods train at Gretna and was subsequently hit by an express. Guthrie did not return to Hawick until the war ended, a gruelling tour of duty that took in Turkey, Egypt, Palestine and the Western Front in France. He died aged 40, riding his favourite Norton motorcycle while leading the field and thrilling a crowd of 250,000 people packed into the Sachsenring circuit in Germany. He he was on the final lap when he came off his bike on the notorious Noetzhold corner, suffered terrible injuries and died soon afterwards. The Germans laid on a special train and a military escort as Jimmy’s body made the solemn journey home to Hawick where his funeral attracted huge crowds.
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