Background
McLuskey was born in Edinburgh on 19 September 1914 but his family moved to Aberdeen where his father ran a laundry business.
McLuskey was born in Edinburgh on 19 September 1914 but his family moved to Aberdeen where his father ran a laundry business.
He attended Aberdeen Grammar School from 1920 to 1931 and returned to Edinburgh to take degrees in arts and divinity.
In 1939 McLuskey succeeded Doctor Archie Craig as chaplain to the University of Glasgow. In 1942 he took leave of absence to become an Army chaplain, and after parachute training he was posted to the Special Air Service, with whom he served in France, Germany and Norway. He was awarded the Military Cross.
After returning to Britain Fraser McLuskey travelled throughout the country visiting the families of men killed in action with the SAS to explain the circumstances of their death.
From 1947 to 1950, Fraser was sub-warden at the Royal Army Chaplains" Training Centre. Shortly afterwards, he moved to Street Columba"s Church, London.
Mcluskey united Street Columba"s with another outpost of the kirk in Dulwich, and also linked with the congregation of Street Andrew"s, Newcastle upon Tyne. He spent much of his free time travelling the countryside where he went with the Special Air Service in
Fraser McLuskey died in Edinburgh on 24 July 2005.