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Whiteburn (Grantshouse) Aerodrome 1st October 1916 Home Defence Squadron formed  No 77 Squadron formed on the 1st of October 1916 at Edinburgh by redesignating B Flight of No.36 Squadron. It was a home defence squadron equipped with BE2s and BE12s. It was a response to growing concerns that Zeppelin raids were now extending their targets to the north-east of England and into Scotland. Edinburgh itself had been attacked by Zeppelins on 2nd/3rd April 1916 and 13 people had been killed, so the unit’s particular remit was to be the Firth of Forth area. To provide defensive patrolling, whilst its HQ remained in the capital, flights were based at Whiteburn (Grantshouse) and at New Haggerston near Berwick-upon-Tweed. In common with many other units charged with home defence, the squadron also had a remit to train personnel, typically using their night patrolling duties to practice and develop night-flying skills. January 1918 Relocated and re-equipped If you can provide any additional information, please add it here. Do you have a WW1 Flying Log Book in your possession? If so it would be a huge help if you could add logbook entries to our new database. Thank you. Want to know more about Whiteburn (Grantshouse) Aerodrome? There are:2 articles tagged Whiteburn (Grantshouse) Aerodrome available in our Library   These include information on officers service records, letters, diaries, personal accounts and information about actions during the Great War. Those known to have served at Whiteburn (Grantshouse) Aerodrome during the Great War 1914-1918. The names on this list have been submitted by relatives, friends, neighbours and others who wish to remember them, if you have any names to add or any recollections or photos of those listed, please Add a Name to this List The Wartime Memories Project is the original WW1 and WW2 commemoration website. 1st of September 2024 marks 25 years since the launch of the Wartime Memories Project. Thanks to everyone who has supported us over this time. Want to find out more about your relative's service? Want to know what life was like during the Great War? Our Library contains many many diary entries, personal letters and other documents, most transcribed into plain text. Looking for help with Family History Research?    Please see Family History FAQ's Please note: We are unable to provide individual research. Can you help? The free to access section of The Wartime Memories Project website is run by volunteers and funded by donations from our visitors. If the information here has been helpful or you have enjoyed reaching the stories please conside making a donation, no matter how small, would be much appreciated, annually we need to raise enough funds to pay for our web hosting or this site will vanish from the web. If you enjoy this site please consider making a donation. Announcements 19th Nov 2024     Please note we currently have a massive backlog of submitted material, our volunteers are working through this as quickly as possible and all names, stories and photos will be added to the site. If you have already submitted a story to the site and your UID reference number is higher than 264989 your submission is still in the queue, please do not resubmit. Wanted: Digital copies of Group photographs, Scrapbooks, Autograph books, photo albums, newspaper clippings, letters, postcards and ephemera relating to the Great War. If you have any unwanted photographs, documents or items from the First or Second World War, please do not destroy them. The Wartime Memories Project will give them a good home and ensure that they are used for educational purposes. Please get in touch for the postal address, do not sent them to our PO Box as packages are not accepted. World War 1 One ww1 wwII greatwar great battalion regiment artillery Did you know? We also have a section on World War Two. and a Timecapsule to preserve stories from other conflicts for future generations. Want to know more about Whiteburn (Grantshouse) Aerodrome? There are:1 items tagged Whiteburn (Grantshouse) Aerodrome available in our Library   These include information on officers, regimental histories, letters, diary entries, personal accounts and information about actions during the Great War. Items from the Home Front Archive Do you have any photos, postcards, documents or memorabilia relating to this unit? Please add to this archive. Recomended Reading. Available at discounted prices. Links Suggest a link

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