Glasgow and Clyde Anti-Aircraft Defences
While we’ve managed to list quite a few of the Glasgow and Clyde AA Defence sites, there have been a number of inconsistencies between the ‘Official’ records held by organisations such as the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland, and alternative sources such as personal memories and dedicated web sites.
This isn’t a surprise, as many sites have been destroyed, memories fade, and just to make sure there’s at least a little confusion in the mix, there’s probably a degree of mis-information within the old records, just in case the enemy was using available info.
We’ve decided to take some time out, and put a bit of effort into collating the info we have so far, and tie it into a single page so we can see what is, and what is not, consistent. This should show the information that is dependable, so we can put it to one side, and concentrate on the remaining data to see if anything can be done to tidy it up, resolve any inconsistencies, or even just list them, in the hope that something turns up in future that helps to clear up the confusion.
Not an overnight task, unfortunately (we’d like to see it done and dusted), we’ve already amassed info on over 50 sites (not all local) since we keep a record of any we trip over while searching (why waste it after all). While it shouldn’t take all that long, only a few night’s work, because we’re scouring the suspect locations in some detail, we keep finding other things we don’t want to lose - barrage balloon stations seem to be the favourite at the moment - so we’re just ferreting them away for the moment, so things don’t slow up too much.
The info is on the AA Batteries Clyde page, and will probably never be ‘finished’ as such, but the last column of the table should show what we think of the info we have. Stuff outside the table is just notes and working, so may, or may not be dependable - you have been warned!
As for the individual AA Battery pages, they’re independent of this exercise, and their info is unaffected, unless we find something new.
