Memorial

Fair Isle South Lighthouse

Fair Isle South Lighthouse Plaque

Source: Copyright Charlotte Slater

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Current Location

The boundary wall of the lighthouse station., Fair Isle South Lighthouse, Fair Isle, Dunrossness, Highlands and Islands, ZE2 9JU, Scotland

HZ 19758 69819

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Type of Memorial: Board / Plaque / Tablet
WMR Reference Number: 58006
Description: Rectangular plaque attached to the boundary wall of the lighthouse station.
Inscription: FAIR ISLE SOUTH LIGHTHOUSE/ BUILT: 1892/ ENGINEER: DAVID A STEVENSON/ AUTOMATED: 31st MARCH 1998/ During an air attack in December 1941 Mrs Catherine Sutherland/ aged 22 the wife of an assistant lighthouse keeper was killed/ and their infant daughter slightly hurt./ On the 21st January 1942 during a second attack a bomb hit the west/ end of the main block of houses. The building caught fire and/ was burnt out. The wife of the principal lighthouse keeper was/ Margaret Eileen Smith aged 60 and their daughter Margaret/ (Greta) Smith (aged 10) were killed. A soldier, gunner William Morris/ aged 27 manning an antiaircraft gun nearby was also killed./ Extensive damage was done by fuel, blast and flying debris./ Mr Roderick Macaulay, Assistant keeper at Fair Isle North, walked through snow drifts and gale force winds to help restore the/ south light. He received the B.E.M. for outstanding service./ IN MEMORY OF/ (Names)/ This plaque is raised/ by/ Scotland Lighthouse Museum, Kinnaird Head, Fraserburgh

War: Second World War (1939-1945)
Number Commemorated: 1
Died: 1
Information shown: surname, rank, regiment, forename, manner of death, date of death, place of death

War: Second World War - civilians
Number Commemorated: 3
Died: 3
Information shown: surname, forenames, date of death, place of death, manner of death

Sponsor Type: corporate
Additional Cost/Sponsorship Information: The memorial was erected by the Northern Lighthouse Board and Scotland's Light house Museum.