A prisoner of war locked up for five years during the Second World War despite two daring escape bids is now searching for any other surviving soldiers from Nazi camps.

James Johnstone, known as Jimmy, was captured by German troops in northern France after the battle for Saint-Valery-en-Caux.

Now 98, the former soldier recalled how he was wounded in the battle and then shepherded to slave labour camps in Poland and Germany alongside thousands of fellow British troops on a "death march".

Mr Johnstone, who lives alone in Aberdeen, is appealing for any of his fellow prisoners - or their families - to get in touch with him through the Scottish War Blinded charity to reminisce about their experiences.

The veteran enlisted with the Royal Engineers in 1937 when he was just 16 and two years later he was called up with the 51st Highland Division and travelled to fight in France.