My friendship with Douglas Dawson began nearly 70 years ago when in 1952 he came to speak at our newly-formed Fellowship of Youth group at Zion, Trowbridge.
Doug’s life began in East London. There were six children in the family connected with the chapel in Hainalt Road, Leyton. Doug left school at 14 and in 1941 he volunteered for the RAF reserves.
In 1946, he was given early release for ministerial training at the SB Bible Institute under that most notable theologian, Charles Breed. In 1948 Doug was married to Hilda Jones who was to be his faithful wife until her home call in 2017. Douglas and Hilda were married for 69 years.
