Photograph and RAF service record for Leading Aircraftman George Thomas Herbert Jones (1921-2015). George Jones was an RAF 518 Squadron Wireless Operator on Tiree during May 1944 – December 1945.
2019.14.1
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Dates: 1940s
2019.12.2
Photocopy of the original handwritten manuscript of the pipe tune ‘Captain Lachlan MacPhail of Tiree’ composed by Peter MacFarquhar in his memory. Lachlan MacPhail was a sea captain from Clachan who played a part in tricking the enemy during WWII.
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2019.11.8
Black & white photograph of the gravestone of Donald Brown (1864-1947), his wife Matilda Hansina Brown (nee Petersen) (1874-1960), and their son John Edward Brown (1898-1906) in Yeppoon Cemetery, Australia. Donald emigrated to Australia in 1886. His parents were Hugh Brown and Anne Kennedy of Moss.
2019.11.7
Black & white photograph of Donald Brown (1864-1947) and his wife Matilda on their 50th wedding anniversary in 1946. Donald emigrated to Australia in 1886. His parents were Hugh Brown and Anne Kennedy of Moss.
2019.11.5
Black & white aerial photograph of ‘Main Camp’ in Farmborough, Yeppoon, Australia, built as the family home by Donald Brown (1864-1947), who emigrated to Australia in 1886. His parents were Hugh Brown and Anne Kennedy of Moss.
2019.10.1
2019.6.2
Composition by Alistair MacNeill, Hynish and North Berwick, titled ‘A World War 2 child in Hynish’ describing life on Tiree during the war from a child’s perspective.
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2019.6.1
Composition by Alistair MacNeill, Hynish and North Berwick, titled ‘The games we played’ about his memories of the games that he and other children at Hynish and Balemartine School played in the 1940s and 1950s.
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2019.4.5
Headphones and lead (with modern jackplug) used by the RAF during WWII.
2019.4.4
Small pair of ‘Le Jockey Club, Paris’ binoculars in their original leather case. Thought to be made in Paris around WWI for watching opera and field sports. Probably used on Tiree for monitoring livestock.
