Black and white photograph of RAF Tiree personnel during WWII.
`Jim and Smudger Smith, the batmen`, RAF Tiree personnel during WWII.
2000.179.4
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2000.179.5
Black and white photograph of an air crew at RAF Tiree during WWII.
Air crew from 281 Squadron at RAF Tiree during WWII.
L-R: (back) Ron Dryden, Leicester; Johnny (surname unknown); Billy MacAulay, Liverpool; (front) Ray Warwick; Bill Robby.
2000.179.6
Black and white photograph of airman Ray Warwick at RAF Tiree during WWII.
Airman Ray Warwick with his crossbow at RAF Tiree during WWII. Ray had two hobbies on Tiree – his home-made crossbow for pursuing hares across the airfield and carving wooden chairs from a single piece of wood.
2000.179.7
Black and white photograph of ground staff at RAF Tiree during WWII.
` “Better than the makers.” Some of the ground crew detached at Tiree.`
1999.125.2
Photocopied newspaper article about Captain John MacKinnon of Caoles dated 1946.
Article about Captain John MacKinnon of Caoles who was awarded the MBE in recognition of his service in the Merchany Navy duringg WWII.
2000.83.6
Black and white photograph of Malcolm Kennedy of Moss.
Malcolm Kennedy of Moss in naval uniform in the 1940s. He captained coasters around the Liverpool area.
2000.83.11
Black and white photograph of Donald Archie and Malcolm Kennedy of Moss.
Donald Archie Kenendy of Moss who was lost at sea in 1939 and his brother Malcolm whose ship was blown up in 1946. Donald Archie and Malcolm were brothers of Morag Kennedy, Evelyn O`Flynn`s mother.
1998.184.1
Black and white photograph of Crossapol NAAFI personnel.
Crossapol NAAFI personnel. L-R: (back) Neil MacDonald (Nìall Dubh), Kenovay; (middle) unknown ; Annie Ross, Campeltown or Islay; Eliza MacLean, Balephetrish; Marion MacDonald, Kenovay; Cathy MacKinnon, Kilmoluaig; Sheena MacKinnon, Cornaigbeg; Chrissie Shaw, Skye; unknown; Effie MacKinnon, Caoles (m. Willie Dickie); unknown; unknown; Chrissie Murray, Lewis; unknown; (front) unknown store manager; Isobel MacDonald (Johnston), Milton; unknown cook, Barra; unknown cook, Lewis; Manageress Flora MacDonald, Lochmaddy; Dollie MacLean (MacCallum), Hough, cook; Cathy MacLean, Heylipol, cook; Betty Campbell, Skye, cook; Adam, van driver; Effie MacDonald, Kinlochleven.
1998.184.3
Dr Dan MacKinnon of Ruaig
Photograph of Dr Dan MacKinnon of Ruaig in Balemartine during World War I.
Courtesy of Mr Donald MacKinnon
Dr Dan MacKinnon (Dòmhnaill Eòghainn na Sraide) is pictured on his motorbike in Balemartine during World War I. Born at Tor a’ Bhaile in Ruaig in 1890, he was educated locally and in 1913 qualified as a doctor in Glasgow.
After working briefly at the Grampian Sanatorium in Kingussie, he returned to Tiree in 1914 as the island’s doctor. He once had a spill from his motorbike in Heanish. Although unhurt and able to continue on his rounds, the racing engine and spinning wheels caused some consternation to those who came to his aid.
He enlisted in the Royal Army Medical Corps in 1917 and went off to the war, returning to Tiree in June 1919 but resigning the following year to take up the post of Parochial Medical Officer in Aberfoyle. He died unmarried in 1938 and is buried in Kirkapol cemetery.
Black and white photograph of Dr Dan MacKinnon of Ruaig in the 1910s.
Dr Dan MacKinnon of Ruaig on his motorbike in Balemartine in the 1910s. Houses (L-R): Lachlan MacNeill (former Post Office); Flora Lamont, John Paterson (thatched houses); MacArthurs’ houses. Dr Dan was born at Tor a’ Bhaile in Ruaig in 1890, came back to Tiree in 1914 as its doctor and enlisted in the Royal Army Medical Corps in 1917.
2003.174.1
Journal extract about the HMS Racoon shipwrecked off Malin Head in 1918.
Information about HMS Racoon shipwrecked off Malin Head in 1918, also includes artist`s impression. Two bodies were washed ashore on Tiree, one of whom is buried in Kirkapol cemetery.