A former Waffen SS soldier who was captured during World War Two has left the village he was held in nearly £400,000 for the kindness he was shown as a prisoner of war.

Heinrich Steinmeyer was captured in France when he was 19-years-old and was held in the POW camp at Cultybraggan near the village of Comrie, Perthshire.

But he said that he was only shown kindness by the villagers, which he had not expected, and he made lasting friendships in the village.

Now, two years after his death, aged 90, his wish to leave £384,000 to the village has been recognised and has been gifted to the village’s local community trust.

It will be spent on local development for the elderly in the area.