Born: 20 Jan 1925, Clashnastruag, Tongue, SUT, Scotland 2
Sources
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Alasdair Sutherland, Never More. The Story of Tongue, Melness & Skerray War Memorials, pp. 133-134 (Woodend Publishing, Tongue). GEORGE GUNN, Tubeg "... born in Skerray, son of William and Hughina Mackay of Tubeg ... herring fisherman before the First World War... he and his brother Alexander ... members of the Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve. ... September 1917 George ... was one of a party of seamen sent to Chatham Dockyard in Kent after ... leave. .. to man HMS Vanguard ...ship blew up before they arrived ... they were placed in drill hall at the naval barracks ... 3rd September ... air-raid on Chatham dockyard ... this was the greatest single loss of life caused by an air raid in World War One ... Seaman George Gunn was killed ... at the age of 25, his brother Alex who served on HMS Pembroke survived the First World War and returned home to Skerray. Alexander's daughter Hughag lives at Clashnastruag in Skerray today [time of writing, 1998]."
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Tongue Births 1925 056/03 (Hughina Gunn). HUGHINA MACKAY GUNN female born 20 January 1925 at Tubeg, Skerray, Tongue fathr Alexander Mackenzie Gunn, fisherman mother Jessie Gunn ms Mackay married 22 December 1922 Skerray, Tongue informant Alexander M. Gunn, father, present.
