JOHN Arnold Fleming, O.B.E., F.R.S.E., J.P., was a well known and very wealthy Helensburgh man who died at his home, Locksley, East Abercromby Street, on October 22 1966, less than a month before his 95th birthday.
He was a noted journalist, author, artist, traveller, politician, businessman, churchman and benefactor.
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A SHANDON man played a vital part in the World War Two Battle of Kohima, a critical battle in the Burma Campaign.
Lieutenant Colonel Robert (Rex) King-Clark MBE, MC, who died on December 29 2007 at the age of 94, commanded 2nd Battalion The Manchester Regiment — the machine gun battalion of the British 2nd Division — throughout the battle in Assam.
Last Updated ( Wednesday, 28 April 2010 15:57 )
CARDROSS has an important place in the history of aviation — as it was the scene of the first successful controlled glider flight on September 30 1895.
Percy Sinclair Pincher managed to keep a glider called the Bat off the ground at a height of 12 feet for all of 20 seconds, the first controlled glider flight in Britain.
Last Updated ( Wednesday, 28 April 2010 16:00 )
Solicitor, Writer, and Town Clerk of Helensburgh
1846 until 1911
Reported as a thoughtful and diligent scholar at the Academy in Paisley, George Maclachlan was apprenticed to a local Law Firm on leaving school.
Last Updated ( Wednesday, 28 April 2010 16:06 )
1846 to 1956
John Maclachlan was a shipbuilder in Paisley who, with his wife Janet Lindsay, had a son Robert born in 1793. From 1815 to 1846 Robert Maclachlan was the Minister of Gilmour Street Congregational Church in Paisley.
He and his wife Catherine Lewis, also had a son, George (left), born in 1823 who, in 1846, qualified as a solicitor and set up practice in Helensburgh.
Last Updated ( Wednesday, 28 April 2010 16:01 )
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The first 2014 winter talk is on Wednesday January 29 at 7.30pm at Helensburgh Tennis Club. John Birch will talk about the Training Ships Cumberland and Empress. Non-members welcome.
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