Sergeant Allan Dickson RAF 1564075 was the son of George Dickson, Hay Street, Coupar Angus. Before joining up Sergeant Dickson was employed with Messrs William Stewart Ltd. Coupar Angus as a baker. On Sunday 23 July 1944, Allan Dickson was part of the crew of Avro Lancaster III PB208 PG-S […]
Sir Alan Smith, CBE, DFC and Bar, DL was a Battle of Britain hero. Alan Smith also took part in RAF Fighter Command’s offensive over northern France in the spring and summer of 1941. Smith, however, is better known as the wingman of legendary Spitfire pilot Douglas Bader. (A wingman’s […]
Battle of Britain pilot, RAF Flying Officer William Nairn Gardiner 754858, was born in Perth on 26 January 1921. He joined the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve (RAFVR) a month before Britain declared war against Nazi Germany. William Gardiner was then posted to RAF 3 Squadron, based at RAF Wick […]
Sergeant John King ‘Jack/Jock’ Norwell, AFC, Second World War fighter ace was born in Perth on 4 September 1917. Sergeant John King Norwell, RAF 740233, began his military flying with the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve in May 1937. Initially he trained at Scone Aerodrome, and in early 1939 he […]
RAF Corporal Robert Stewart 520472 was the son of John and Elizabeth Stewart of Luncarty. He was 30 years old when he was hit by a train at Inverlamond, just north of Perth. The Perthshire Advertiser and the Dundee Courier reported on Monday 13 October 1941 that Corporal Robert Stewart […]
Private William Haggart, 108558, declared he was born in Abernethy on 22 January 1872 . On 18 September 1916, he joined the Canadian Over-Seas Expeditionary Force, the 242nd Battalion C.E.F. At the time of his enlistment, he declared he was 44 years and 7 months, 5′ 10½” with hazel eyes […]
Lieutenant Courtenay Patrick Flowerdew Lowson was born at Hollycot, Lasswade, Midlothian on 4 April 1897. His father was James Gray Flowerdew Lowson, Paper Manufacturer, and member of the King’s Bodyguard for Scotland. His mother was Adelaide Louisa Scott, the daughter of Colonel Courtenay Harvey Saltron Scott (1833–1925) of the Bengal […]
Sergeant William James Gilchrist RAFVR (1824389) was the son of William and Mary Gilchrist of Greenburns, between Coupar Angus and Kettins and at the time of his death, they were staying at Crossgates, Fife. William was employed at Carmichaels Farm just north of Longforgan before joining the RAF during WW2. […]
The Battle of Britain ran from 10 July to 31 October 1940. It is regarded as the first military campaign fought entirely by air forces. The success of the RAF in defending Britain prevented Nazi Germany from launching an invasion across the English Channel. Many pilots from Perthshire and Kinross-shire […]
