Material pertaining to military activity

• Reference:GB 1798 FORCES
• Dates of Creation:1700s - ongoing
• Language of Material:English
• Physical Description:
  Approx 300 items

• Scope and Content

  Material pertaining to military activity. The most active military force prior to the first world war was the Argyll and Bute Volunteers. During the first world war, Loch na Keal was briefly home to the ships of the Grand Fleet and in the second world war the harbour at Tobermory was used as a naval base for working up the escort ships for the Atlantic convoys. There was also an RAF presence at Carsaig and there are two aircraft crashes on the island that date from the second world war.

• Access Information

  Open; please contact archive in advance to arrange access

• Subjects

  First World War (1914 -- 1918)

  Second World War (1939 -- 1944)

  War Memorials

  Navy

  Ships

  Military Aircraft

• Corporate Names

  Argyll and Bute R.G.A. Volunteers

• Geographical Names

  Isle of Mull, Argyll and Bute, Scotland

  Loch Na Keal, Isle of Mull, Argyll and Bute, Scotland