Associated People: Dewar, Mr James, Perth (1880 - )

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Reminiscence of the emergency Wireless Telegraphy Services to the Hebrides in the 1920s

Printed internet download of the reminiscence of David H Murdoch about his time on the Emergency WT Service (Wireless Telegraphy Section of the British Post Office) to the Western Isles in the 1920s, including Tiree, Barra and South Uist. His job was to provide a communication service to the islands when the normal telegraph system failed.