Defending St Kilda

Defending St Kilda By Ron Morris
2013 | 140 Pages | ISBN: 190744341X | PDF | 23 MB
In this book, based on new research and with archive photographs, Ron Morris tells the intriguing and little‑known story of the role which St Kilda played in World War 1, including the establishment of a wireless station and Royal Navy base to monitor enemy movements in the North Atlantic. In May 1918, a German U-boat entered Village Bay and opened fire, following which a gun was erected on St Kilda next to the Manse to respond to future attacks - although this was never used in anger.