Cornerstone No. 189, page 18
Great Scot!
66: Donald Caskie
… no, you are not on the
There follow the adventures of the
wrong column, and (as I’ve written before) read on! We deal here with Donald
– for very good reasons
Caskie. He was nicknamed thus –
as you now shall peruse (I hope). DS was born in Bowmore (Islay) on May
22nd, 1902. Bowmore – known for its distillery (one of several on the island)
but also for its circular church (now, why would a church be round in shape?
Either ask the Minister or ask the
undersigned…). No matter, for Donald
Caskie was to become celebrated… and
neglected, as you will see. Our subject
attended the local school and thereafter
went to Dunoon Grammar and then the
University of Edinburgh. He became a
minister of the Church of Scotland in
1924 and reported for duty at the parish
of Gretna St. Andrews; but continental
Europe was calling and in 1935 Caskie
became Minister of the Scots Kirk in
Paris. That would have been that were it
not for a little matter called World War II.
Donald Caskie became readily involved in
the activities of the French Resistance
when, after the annexation of Austria
and the invasions of Poland, Belgium
then France, he preached, each Sunday,
against the Nazi regime. Realising that
Caskie’s