THE END OF THE ADVENTURE CENTRE AND SELLING OF THE ISLAND
Things didn’t get any better throughout the 1980’s. By 1981 the Centre had £100,000 in interest free loans and was...
THE ADVENTURE CENTRE – THE 1970’s
The first years of the 1970’s were the usual mixture of success and setbacks for any volunteer organisation running a...
THE 1960’s AND THE BEGINNINGS OF THE ADVENTURE TRAINING CENTRE
The first activity of note on the Island was in 1961 when a group of 120 Plymouth Baptists made a pilgrimage to the...
THE ISLAND IMMEDIATELY POST WORLD WAR TWO
With the end of the War life slowly began to change. The Japanese surrendered on Aug 15 1945 and the day after...
WORLD WAR TWO
The Germans had used what were possibly tourist photographs to identify the defences on the Island back in 1938 and as...
THE 1930’s
At the beginning of the 1930’s people still couldn’t imagine another War happening. Drake’s Island sole occupant was a...
THE AFTERMATH OF WORLD WAR ONE AND THE ROARING TWENTIES
With the Armistice of November 1918 came peace but the war ended with Britain having cashed in considerable foreign...
DRAKE’S ISLAND –WORLD WAR ONE
By 1915 the garrison strength had increased to around 300. The Island had 9 guns separated into 3 Battery’s of 3 guns...
THE START OF WORLD WAR ONE
The last major exercises to test the defences involving the Garrison was a Torpedo Boat and Destroyer attack on...
LEADING UP TO WORLD WAR I
By 1901 at beginning of the new Century the three new gun batteries, each consisting of 3 gun emplacements had been...
DRAKE’S ISLAND – ATTACK OF THE SLIMY DEVIL FISH
During 1900 all along the Devon and Cornwall coast including the Sound the local Crab and Lobster Fishermen found the...
THE 1890’s – BREECH LOADING QUICK FIRE GUNS ARRIVE AND GUNNER McCORMICK SELLS HIS WIFE
The last decade of the 19th Century began with Gunner Dawson of the Island Garrison saving the life of Gunner Kelly....