Donald Caskie

Donald Currie Caskie, OBE, DD (22 May 1902 – 27 December 1983) was a minister in the Church of Scotland, best known for his work in France during World War II. In Marseille from 1940 to 1942 he presided over the British Seaman's Mission which housed, fed, and clothed British soldiers and airmen stranded in France after the German victory over France in June 1940. He was a member of the Pat O'Leary escape line which helped more than 600 Allied sailors, soldiers and airmen, plus many civilians, to escape from Occupied France (mainly through Spain).

In April 1942, Caskie was arrested by the Vichy France police but allowed to live in Grenoble where he continued his work helping stranded soldiers and airmen. In 1943, he was arrested again and condemned to death by the German occupiers of France. He was saved by the intervention of a German pastor. He spent the remainder of World War II in prison.

The 'Fasti' – the record of all Church of Scotland ministers since the Reformation – simply mentions that he was "engaged in church and patriotic duties in France, 1939–1945".