by Bob King | Sep 24, 2021 | Post WWW2, Uncategorized
Immediately after the War finished there was local agitation to return land requisitioned for the War to Plymouth City Council. Prominent figures included Isaac Foot the Lord Mayor of Plymouth for 1945 and Chairman of the Special Purposes Committee and his son Michael...
by Bob King | Sep 3, 2021 | Uncategorized, World War Two
I recently came across the Fort Log for World War Two and up to the start of the demilitarisation of the Island in 1957 together with a Royal Engineer survey and a couple of photos of the same era. The Fort Record isn’t a daily diary of the period but is in 3 parts....
by Bob King | Aug 5, 2021 | World War 1
The Plymouth Defence Scheme was a secret military document only to be enacted on orders from the War Office – the then Ministry of Defence. It was the plan for the reinforcement needed to defend Plymouth and the naval base at Devonport by regular troops and by...
by Bob King | Jul 3, 2021 | World War One
The surge in Artillery technology resulted in the construction of the three new Gun Batteries of three Gun Emplacements in 1898 and 1901. These housed the new 12 Pounder Quick Fire and 6 inch Breech Loading Guns replacing the older Rifle Muzzled Loaded Guns. But this...
by Bob King | Jun 23, 2021 | Victorian Britain
There are now nine births on the Island we know about. Five were known about previously, George Woodhead born in 1845 who enlisted in the 11th Regiment of Foot, later the Devonshire Regiment and served for 35 years. In 1849 Margaret Wilson was born then in 1875...
