Sgt Stanley THORNTON RAFVR | F/O Richard FERGUSON RNZAF F/O William THOMPSON RNZAF W/O John LLOYD RNZAF F/Sgt Bryan BOWKER RAF Sgt Roy LEWIS RAFVR Sgt Scoular THOMSON RAFVR Sgt Francis ROBERTSON RNZAF Sgt David ROULSON RNZAF F/Sgt Oliver REED RNZAF | |||
which crashed on Conachair 4 June 1943 | which crashed on Gleann Mhor 8 June 1944 | believed to be a Wellington which crashed on Soay |
| + | G | that a man lay down his life for his friends |
The St Kilda islands are arguably the remotest of the British Isles. They are in the Atlantic 50 miles west of the other Outer Hebridean Islands, themselves 50 miles west of the Scottish mainland. St Kilda's original inhabitants won a difficult living from sheep and seabirds. That community quit the islands in 1930 leaving them uninhabited, except for Soay sheep, and sometimes defence personnel. The one village has changed little since it was abandoned. Few people brave the often wild and difficult ocean crossing, but a visit is rewarding.
A battered aircraft propeller lying outside the chapel.
The village street.
Walking past drystone storage cleits.
Soay sheep.