The Story of John Ross of Drumdelgy
The Story of John Ross of Drumdelgy by Fay Sicker from Australia.
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No 86 Squadron and RAF Tain.
Extracts from Memories of No 86 Squadron and RAF Tain by Peter D F Drummond-Hay.
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Corporal Betty Florence Shepherd
The story of Corporal Betty Florence Shepherd who served at RAF TAIN in the Women’s Auxiliary Air Force during WW2.
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Court Martial 1783
These pages from our 71st Highlanders Orderly Book reveal the harsh sentences handed out at a military Court Martial held #OTD in 1783 during the American Wars of Independence. Three men are sentenced to death for Mutiny and Desertion while others receive 1000 or 500 lashes of the whip.
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A strange sound at Nigg
A report in the newspaper from April of 1842 tells of "Strange Sound" being heard at Nigg a place infamous for its death lights, wraiths and mysterious noises that were often said to foretell "a drowning."
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Janet Ross the Dowager Lady Lovat
A short account of the life of Janet Ross the Dowager Lady Lovat (c 1510-1565)
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James Ross of Sudbury
A short account of the life of James Ross a prisoner from the Battle of Worcester who was sold at auction in Boston, New England, in 1652.
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