... served at the Friockheim branch for five years before returning to Montrose in 1937. He was a Territorial before the second world war, in which he served in the Royal Artillery. He was among those evacuated from Dunkirk, and was later stationed in India ...

... expeditions. She is quite an expert in picking up the right shells. Size is an important factor in creating figures. In the second World War he was in the Royal Tank Corps but came home wounded in 1943. He now suffers from the results of that episode. All told ...

... which has taken him to many parts of the world and which has included chaplaincy duty with the Royal Navy during the second World War. After tea the company was entertained by Mrs M. Oswald, Mr Kenneth Blythe, and Mr W. Seadby. Mrs R. Cramb was convener ...

... recitals by the pupils of the Misses Mackintosh, Bents Road, were highlights in local musical circles. They ended with the second World War but had gone on for decades before that. Old programmes make interesting reading and I have one dated Thursday, 28th ...

... then it has had only two breaks—during the first world war, when the village ran a garden competition, and again in the second world war. Mrs S. Thom, secretary, who has been secretary for over 20 years, said that as well as dropping entries each year the ...

... from where comes the famous lamb. ~ Robert Sim had started his farm, “ Grassy Hills” in 1946, after returning from the second world war. His experiences included being held prisoner in Italy and later Munich. When the war ended he visited relatives in Montrose ...

... native of Whitehaven, he joined the staff at Carlisle Post Office as a telephonist in 1938, and returned there after the second world war. He then spent a year in Hastings, and in 1948 he and his wife took over the subpost office at Fordoun. In 1960 he was ...

... Melville Parish Church for many years. She was a member of the choir and an office-bearer of the Woman's Guild. During the second World War she acted as joint principal convener of the Montrose Y.M.C.A. canteen. At the height of the canteen activities Mrs Richie ...

... returned to Montrose after her marriage and resumed her teaching career when her husband was on Army service during the second World War. From then until a fortnight before her death she taught at North Links School. Mrs Walker, who was president of Craig ...

... replaced by the Norman Naysmith which, like the Good Hope was not named until six years after her arrival because of the second world war. The cereimony was performea ‘n_y the late Provost W. D. Johnston, | The coxswains in the history of the station have ...

... tropical medicine. For a number of years he was pathologist at Woolwich Military Hospital. Shortly after the outbreak of the second world war, when he wag about to leave with the Expeditionary Force for France, he was invalided out of the army. He was later appointed ...

... Wartime memories of ‘‘Airspeed”’ The 40th anniversary of the end of the Second World War is recognised in the latest edition of “Airspeed”, the newsletter of Montrose Aerodrome Museum Society, with wartime reminiscences from ex-servicemen and civilians ...