VE Day 75

May 9th 2020

Remembering some Second World War stories from the Arlington Baths this weekend.

Pilot Archibald McKellar was decorated for his valour in the Battle of Britain. He died in Nov 1940, aged 28.

Archibald McKellar, Battle of Britain flying ace  

Ellinor Christison trained and worked in domestic science; she served in North Africa and Italy and was awarded an MBE for her war work. Ellinor Agnes Christison: the domestic science student who got an MBE  

The Baths struggled to survive the Second Word War but was saved by a generous gift from Fred Glencairn Cunningham and fundraising by other members. Gift to the future: how the Baths survived the Second World War 

ww2 pilot
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