by Bob King | Oct 6, 2021 | Uncategorized
The title of Governor of Plymouth and St Nicholas Isle seems to confirm they were regarded as two separate entities in terms of ownership, the Island not being part of Plymouth when it was incorporated in 1440. The Governor was a Crown Appointment and was a military...
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...
