Copy of the service record of W/O William Arthur Graham.
Service record of W/O William Arthur Graham who was killed on Tiree as a result of the aircraft collision in August 1944.
2006.145.1
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2006.145.2
Copied newspaper cutting about W/O William Arthur Graham.
Photo of William Arthur Graham published in a Canadian or American newspaper in 1942 or 1943. He was killed in the mid-air collision above the airfield in August 1944.
2006.142.1
HMS ‘Tiree’
Photograph of Isles class trawler HMS ‘Tiree’.
HMS ‘Tiree’ was an ‘Isles’ class armed trawler that saw service during World War II. Built in 1941 in Goole, Yorkshire, the boat was 164 feet long and weighed 545 tons. She carried 184 tons of coal and was capable of a top speed of 12 knots.
Fitted with minesweeping and ASDIC (sonar) U-boat detection equipment, she was crewed by four officers and thirty-six men. In 1942 she was deployed in the North Sea, and from 1943 to 1945 in the Atlantic. She was decommissioned in 1960
The ship’s bell was presented to the people of Tiree at a ceremony in 1995 at Tiree High School where it now hangs outside the dining room.
Black and white photograph of H.M.S. `Tiree`.
The Isles class trawler H.M.S. `Tiree` photographed by Right & Logan of Portsea, Portsmouth. She carried minesweeping and ASDIC U-boat detection equipment and a crew of forty officers and men. In 1942 she was deployed in the North Sea and from 1943 to 1945 in the Atlantic. She was decommissioned in 1960. The ship`s bell was presented to the people of Tiree in 1995 at a ceremony at the school where it hangs outside the dining room.. (Original photo in Filing Cabinet 7 drawer 4)
2006.93.10
Squadron Leader Preston-Potts and his wife
Photograph of Squadron Leader Preston-Potts and his wife.
Courtesy of Ms Annabelle MacNeill
The Station Commander of the RAF base on Tiree between 1943 and 1945 was Squadron Leader Preston-Potts. A fighter pilot who had been injured in the Battle of Britain, he was left with a burned face and had to travel regularly to the mainland for treatment.
He was quite fearless and won a pilots’ bet as to who could fly lowest over the Officers’ Mess; he flew so low he cut the telegraph wires with the wheels of his plane. Once he swam out to defuse a mine bobbing offshore.
A great lover of speed, he would career along the narrow Tiree roads in an open-top jeep offering lifts to locals, who were left shaking in their shoes at the end of the journey.
Black and white photograph of Preston Potts and his wife, from Annabella MacNeill`s collection.
The Commanding Officer of RAF Tiree Preston Potts and his wife sitting on a jeep. (Original stored in filing cabinet 8 drawer 4)
2006.93.14
Black and white photograph of airman Bill Store (?), from Annabella MacNeill`s collection.
Airman Bill Store (Stone?) outside a Nissen hut in Tiree during WWII. He was lost during the war. (Original stored in filing cabinet 8 drawer 4)
2006.93.11
Black and white photograph of Preston Potts, his wife and an unknown couple, from Annabella MacNeill`s collection.
The Commanding Officer of RAF Tiree Preston Potts (on the far right) and his wife (on the far left) with an unknown couple and a jeep. (Original stored in filing cabinet 8 drawer 4)
2006.88.1
Black and white photograph of the mine-sweeper `Tiree` in 1953.
The coal-fired anti-submarine trawler M.S. `Tiree` heading for the Fleet Review at Spithead in 1953.
2006.88.2
Black and white photograph of the mine-sweeper `Tiree` at sea in 1947.
The coal-fired anti-submarine trawler M.S. `Tiree` under tow from a destroyer following the fouling of her propeller during exercises, thought to be in 1947.
2006.73.3
Photocopied newspaper obituary for Hugh MacKinnon of Ruaig.
Obituary for Hugh MacKiinon of Ruaig who was killed at the end of WWI.
2006.18.1
CD with aerial photos of Tiree taken during WWII.
CD with aerial photos of Tiree taken during WWII. (Second disk made with edited photos for printing)
