Daily Archives: May 16, 2022

Lieutenant Cyril Williams

This entry was posted in Military History on May 16, 2022 by madeinpe

Lieutenant Cyril Williams was an Observer on a Morane BB (5193) aircraft, Royal Flying Corps (RFC) Squadron No. 60 in France during WW1. Cyril was born on 5 June 1986 at Argyll Place, Edinburgh, the elder son of George Thomas Williams, Civil Engineer, and Elizabeth Fenton, of Fenton’s Shipbuilder and […]

Bessie Bell & Mary Gray

This entry was posted in Perth Past Perth People Perth Places on May 16, 2022 by madeinpe

This story is of Bessie Bell and Mary Gray, “who beautiful in their lives, in death are not divided.” These beauteous lassies were said to have charmed the heart of all the local laddies. They are still fondly remembered to this day, in song and by the naming of hills […]