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David MacKay’s War.

by | Feb 18, 2020 | Word War One

David MacKay was born in Hilton in 1897, his father, William, was a fish dealer, his mother was Elsie, the family lived at 3 King Street, in the 1901 census an older sister Hannah and a younger sister Katherine also lived in the house. David was a Coachman to trade,...

David McAngus’s War

by | Jan 28, 2020 | Word War One

David McAngus was born, according to his German Prisoner of War Report, on the 16th of September 1887. He was the son of Hugh [Uisdean] McAngus and his wife Jessie. In 1891 they lived in 8 King Street, Hilton, along with his brothers Andrew, John, Alexander [Aly-...

We Will Remember Them WW1

by | Jan 28, 2016 | War, Word War One

WW1 PROJECT We are grateful for the support of the Heritage Lottery Fund without which we would not have been able to embark on our WW1 Project called ‘We Will Remember Them’. The funding enabled us to research the names on the Fearn and Nigg war memorial stones...

Ronnie John McAngus Hart Memories

by | Mar 4, 2014 | World War Two

The Story of Seaman Ronnie McAngus Hart. 1923 – 1956   　 Beneath a grassy mound on a hillside graveyard in Wales lie the remains of a brave young Scotsman. In the year 1956, after succumbing to the after affects of ingesting ship’s fuel oil in October 1939,...

The Royal Oak

by | Feb 24, 2014 | World War Two

 Newspaper Clipping – People’s Journal Saturday, October 21st 1939.   North Men Who Were On Board: Sore Blow To Ross-Shire   Inverness-Shire, Ross-Shire, Caithness and Orkney families suffered a severe blow with the skinning of H.M.S Royal...

Fearn Airfield

by | Feb 12, 2014 | World War Two

Fearn Airfield Fearn Airfield Fearn Airfield   Memories of the aerodrome from Dougald McAngus:   “The whole area taken over for the aerodrome before the war was what I would describe as my poaching ground. Selling rabbits at a shilling for a pair. (40...