Christian Fraser-Tytler

Christian Helen Fraser-Tytler CBE (née Shairp; 23 August 1897 – 1 July 1995) was a member of the Scottish landed gentry and a senior officer in Britain's Auxiliary Territorial Service (ATS) during World War II.

There she met Major Neil Fraser-Tytler of Aldourie and Balnain, Inverness-shire, who had won a DSO and Bar with the Royal Field Artillery (RFA) during the recent war.

[1][5] Neil Fraser-Tytler continued in the Territorial Army in the 1920s, commanding his old Inverness battery in the 75th (Highland) Brigade, RFA, and being promoted to Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel in 1924.

[2] Fraser-Tytler had become well known to the Royal Family when they inspected ATS units, and it is reported that when King George VI visited the War Office he expressed surprise that she was no longer wearing the Cameron of Erracht tartan kilt.

[8][9] During 1944 a large proportion of AA Command's units were moved to Southern England to protect the build-up of troops, shipping and equipment for the forthcoming invasion of Normandy (Operation Overlord), and then to counter the attacks by V-1 flying bombs (codenamed 'Divers').

Operation Diver involved the relocation of hundreds of static AA guns to temporary sites along the South Coast of England, with the ATS housed in hastily constructed tented camps until huts could be provided.