Tartan Pimpernel
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The Tartan Pimpernel was a nickname given to the Reverend Donald Caskie, formerly minister of the Church of Scotland congregation in Paris, for helping numerous Allied sailors, soldiers and airmen to escape from occupied France during World War II. Caskie wrote an account of his exploits, entitled The Tartan Pimpernel, in 1957.
The international criminal, Walter Douglas is often referred to by this nickname as well.
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