The Scotsman - Thursday 21 April 1921 WAR MEMORIALS CAMPBELTOWN

‘The Scotsman’ - Tuesday, 2nd May 1922, page 6 Campbeltown The war memorial Committee has decided by 17 to 4 votes to adhere to the original site in Kinloch Park chosen for the town and parish war memorial, as against the Quarry site, in favour of which a petition bearing 2000 signatures was lodged.

The Scotsman - Monday 22 October 1923 https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000540/19231022/333/0008 UNVEILING AT CAMPBELTOWN BY DUKE OF ARGYLL

Oban Times and Argyllshire Advertiser - Saturday 27 October 1923 Page 5 CAMPBELTOWN WAR MEMORIAL Unveiled by Duke of Argyll. ---

Oban Times and Argyllshire Advertiser - Saturday 03 November 1923 Page 2 CAMPBELTOWN WAR MEMORIAL. Unveiled by the Duke of Argyll. ---

BUILDINGS OF SCOTLAND by GIFFORD, JOHN A & B (2000) p.160 Source: Image Library

http://www.secretscotland.org.uk/index.php/Secrets/HMSNimrod?from=Secrets.HMSNemesis#November_6_1940-November 6 1940 On November 6, 1940, bombing resulted in serious damage to the town's Royal Hotel and Victoria Hall. Two casualties have been reported: Alexander Blue, a lorry driver, was killed in the raid, and Thomas Hunter, an agricultural adviser, died in hospital the following day. Naval fatalities of the November 6 raid Unreported at the time, it has been found by others that three ordinary seamen posted to HMS Nimrod also lost their lives during the Campbeltown raid: Richard Howard Cookson Michael Holmes Harry Fitton The journal of the medical officer recorded the circumstances of the men's deaths as follows: These three rating were in company just outside the Victoria Hall on 6.11.1940 when a 500 lb aerial bomb was dropped close beside them from a low altitude. All were killed instantaneously. Their injuries were severe. one had most of his cranium blown away and the other two had both lower limbs blown off. - In memory of Ordinary Seaman Richard Howard Cookson, research summary.[1] This document list seven naval casualties on November 6 (or sometimes 7, as this was a night raid). Two deaths were recorded as instantaneous, with one death later from wounds received, while four survived their wounds. February 9 1941 On February 9, 1941, a single bomb is reported to have missed the harbour, and landed on a house located on the adjacent hillside, causing the destruction of the house and the death of its sole occupant, identified as Archibald Stewart, the local Procurator Fiscal. Speculation exists regarding the return of the Luftwaffe, and whether or not the second raid was a chance event, or if it was planned because the Germans were aware of the training facilities which had been relocated to Campbeltown. A further account of the second bombing has been provided, describing a much more sustained and deliberate attack, probably intended to mine Campbeltown Loch, and the harbour. During this attack, two deaths are reported: Archibald Stewart and Frederick Pendle. Two mines are said to have exploded in the vicinity of Mr Stewart's House and a house at Trench Point, then occupied by the McCorkindale family, leaving it severely damaged and uninhabitable. A number of houses on the north shore of the Loch at Askomill were also reported to have suffered minor damage. After this raid, several Clyde steamers, converted to minesweepers, arrived and spent the next few days searching the loch for mines. The four civilians who died are understood to be remembered on Campbeltown's war memorial, however, the military personnel are not.

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