Katharine Campbell, Author at BajanThings

Author: Katharine Campbell

Dr. Hon. Katharine Ann Campbell (née Douglas) was a neuroscientist before becoming a writer, working for many years on the development of pain processing in infants. She brings to her writing substantial medical knowledge, an eye for detail and a fascination with the events of the first half of the twentieth century, initiated by the exciting stories she heard as a child from her father, a senior RAF commander, (William) Sholto Douglas, 1st Baron Douglas of Kirtleside (1893-1969), Marshal of the Royal Air Force.

She collaborates with historians across Europe and in the UK, and with leading experts in Australia and the Netherlands on post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), an illness that affected her father, especially in his old age. She also campaigns for the for veteran’s mental health charity Combat Stress.

Katharine Campbell’s book on her father is: “Behold the Dark Gray Man Triumphs and Trauma: The Controversial Life of Sholto Douglas” published by Biteback Publishing in July 2021.

Bajan History, Bajan People, Barbados during World War I and World War II, Barbados Post World War II, Black History Month, Remembrance Sunday
Errol Barrow and his commanding officer Sholto Douglas
This is the story of the deep bond that developed between Errol Barrow and his commanding officer Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir William Sholto Douglas who was the Military Governor of Germany after World War II. From 1945 to 1947 Errol Barrow served as a Navigator within the Commander-in-Chief, Military Governor’s Flight with…
1st June 2023

Author: Katharine Campbell

Errol Barrow and his commanding officer Sholto Douglas