Newbattle at War a history of the Parish at war
Now featuring Scots in the Great War Living History Society.
World War 2 stories
First Blood to 603 Sqdn
Spitfires over Dalkeith
603 Strike Again
Or did they, Archie McKellar 602 disagreed
Target for tonight-Berlin
Last flight for William Meek of Newtongrange
X Craft of Aberlady
The midget subs that attacked the Tirpitz.
Newbattle's secret shrine
What lies behind the organ at Newbattle?
Jap Midget Subs-Sydney
The attack on Sydney Harbour 1942,
Sinking of the Royal Oak
Acting Leading Stoker Joe White from Newtongrange was one of those to die.
Sinking of HMS Oswald
Submarine rammed by Italians in the Med, lost under unclear circumstances.
HMS Afridi in Norway
Bravery of Newtongrange man recognised.
Tragedy in Sth China Sea
Thomas Moffat from Newtongrange killed
HMY Rosabelle sunk
HMY Rosabelle sunk
Hugh Whitehead from Newtongrange killed
Capt William Bonsor
Veteran of France and Dunkirk
Kriegsgefangener
German POWs on the run at Dalkeith
Bevin Boys
The underground army
Guests of the Emperor
Midlothian POWs in Japanese hands
Bairns in wartime
My dad recalls his boyhood in WW2 Nitten
Homecoming 1945
Heartache for some as POWs come home
George Noble 5 Para
Denied his place on war memorial
Lt John Herbert
Served in WW1 and WW2 died 1941
X-craft of Aberlady Bay
The men who attacked the Tirpitz
Barrie Jones RN
Killed in accident Singapore 1946
Operation Driftwood
Life as a bairn in WW2
My dad's childhood memories
New Story
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Jock Kerr from Woodburn talks about the attack on his ship, HMS Mohawk, in the Firth of Forth in October,1939. I used to work at Rowntree McIntosh, Edinburgh in the 1970s, Jock was a security man in the factory, quite a character, who could swear for Scotland. He loved his time in the Royal Navy, it's only recently I found out he was on the Mohawk and the existance of this audio, which I believe was recorded for STV. I have posted here as a tribute to Jock.