World War One Audit of Surviving Remains
Date 16 August 2013
Event ID 963317
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type World War One Audit of Surviving Remains
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/963317
In the initial armament of the island a battery of two 12-pdr guns (of a total of eight on the island) were emplaced on the west part of the island (see NT18SE 22.02). Their location is shown on a map of 1915 (The National Archives WO 78/4417), along with a shelter, ammunition store and ‘earth closet’. In 1916, when the defences of Inchcolm were strengthened, a battery of four 4.7-inch guns was established here. The emplacements survive. The guns were transferred from Dalmeny and Downing Point Batteries, to which they had been sent from Kinghorn in October 1914. The guns were ready for action between January and July 1917, but a lack of accommodation for their crews on the island meant that they were not immediately brought into service (The National Archives WO 192/108). In 1916 the guns were known as Group “H” (the same as their 12-pdr predecessors).
Information from HS/RCAHMS World War One Audit Project (GJB) 16 August 2013.
