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Date 1 November 2013
Event ID 966236
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Note
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This gun emplacement stands at the NW corner of Inchkeith Island. The gun emplacement was for a 6-inch gun built sometime after August 1916 and was ready for action on the 23/6/1917 as O/1 ('O' group No. 1 gun) (The National Archives WO 192/251) .
This gun emplacement appears to be re-assigned throughout its operational life. It is first referred in October 1916 as "'H' group advanced" when 'H' group battery was at that time (see NT28SE 5.07) located to the S on the old Victorian Fort No.1.
By June 1917 the gun emplacement becomes 'O' group (The National Archive WO 192/251), with the rest of 'H' group now 'L' group.
By 1941 (The National Archives WO 192/251) the gun is now paired with the gun emplacement at the NE of Inchkeith (see NT28SE 5.02), and is called North Gun No. 2.
Information from RCAHMS (AKK) 1 November 2013.
