Air Enthusiast April 1974 states that VM360 ” spent some time at RAE Farnborough in 1949 “
Bit vague I’m afraid.
Retired from military use 1957.

A visit to the delightful Black Watch Museum in Perth unfortunately did not find any personal record of Lt Kirkaldy’s army service. The museum does not hold Personnel Records except a few they have had donated.

With regards to the Service No. supplied by Kev35, it seems there are standard numbers and ‘S’ numbers! So the number (S) 3834 in the records belongs to a Thomas Dickson which would mean that Lt. Kirkaldy must have been plain 3834 – the difference is that the ‘S’ numbers had signed up “for the duration” of the war while the non-S had signed up for a fixed term of either 3,5 or 7 years. Seems this was pretty unusual in wartime though not unheard of.

Most men from Dundee/Broughty Ferry signed up in the Kirkcaldy Depot or in Perth.

I wasn’t able to get any information for the time of Lt. Kirkaldy’s Territorial service as most of what was available relates to the 1st Battalion which was the official battalion stationed in India – the others were rotated in and out. Climate/humidity and lack of paper meant records haven’t survived so all I could get was that K.S.K would certainly have signed up in this country for his Territorial Service and the 4/5th was an amalgamated battalion from Dundee and Angus because of the number of men killed at the battle of Loos in 1915.

Great photos baz. Thanks for posting. Found the other thread you were talking about too – great detective work there.

Only 17 miles from the home of Famous Grouse 🙂

Thanks for all the reassuring comments since my last post. Very kind of you.

If this is the report (at bottom of page) then, yes, your initial date is correct and the stay was quite lengthy –

http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1931/1931%20-%200441.html

Given the dates, I wonder if it was more likely to be the Fairey, Hayes produced machines rather than those built in Belgium.

We will get independence Charlie, if not this time, then next time around.
Another difference between us and the ‘No’ voters is that they are quite happy stuck in the same old Westminster rut, and don’t expect things to get any better. They think by voting Scottish Labour, Scottish Conservative, or Scottish Liberal, etc, they are voting for a Scottish party and have done their bit for Scotland, but in reality all their masters are in London.
We nationalists aren’t simply going to go belly up and disappear after a ‘No’ vote – I just hope independence happens before I creak off…

Well speaking personally, I have no feeling of being stuck in any rut and, businesswise, have noticed a decided improvement in the last year or so and expect that may continue. Neither am I misled by prefixing Scottish onto any political party. As for my “masters” being in London – well, why not? Got to be based somewhere. Frankly I wish this entire “independence” thing had never reared its head as it is engendering a real us and them attitude both between
English and Scot and Scottish Yes voter v. No voter. I wouldn’t be surprised if it turned ugly. Very sad.

The condition of the remains is quite amazing after all those years. Thanks for posting the links.