We recently received a copy of the article below. It appeared in a newspaper local to the Museum, The Annandale Observer, on September 7th 1945. It details the wartime shipment of ammunition from a Central Ammunition Depot near Gretna Green (Eastriggs? Longtown?). The ammunition was sent via the Arctic convoys to Russia. We weren’t aware of this before and were very interested to find out.
If you are interested in this region during World War Two, you might like this book, which was published by the Museum following local history research and oral history interviews.
This booklet (which is included within the Solway Military Coast book), specifically looks at The Ministry of Defence depots at Eastriggs and Longtown.
