Articles
Robert Bolt: First Loss of 1914.
First Shetland Loss of 1914. From the Great War, there are over 600 men with Shetland connections, most of whom served in the army, buried ...
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Ted Adie Map
Ted Adie Map It is always revealing what can be discovered through the Shetland Museum and Archives. Lieutenant Edward Percival Douglas Adie served with the ...
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Civil Defence Exercise In Lerwick.
A fascinating little glimpse of wartime life in Lerwick, 1941. The notice, issued by the Burgh of Lerwick, sets out plans for a full-scale, Civil ...
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Shetland Defence Battalion.
Shetland Defence Battalion. With the outbreak of war in 1939, Shetland was poorly defended, and the garrison in the islands had to be increased. ...
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Ness of Sound Coastal Battery.
Close to Lerwick, you are always guaranteed nice views from the Ness of Sound Coastal Battery, whatever the weather. Situated to the south of the ...
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Thomas Hardy and County War Memorial.
LOSS AT YPRES. Private Thomas Hardy 2nd Battalion, Gordon Highlanders. He was the second Shetland connected soldier to be die on the Western Front, dying ...
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