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Old Photograph Clerkington House Scotland
Old photograph of Clerkington House by Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland. Clerkington House, now demolished, was requisitioned during World War II for use as the Headquarters of 405 Searchlight Company. Searchlights were installed in Clerkington Gardens. The 4/5th Battalion, The Queen’s Edinburgh Royal Scots, manned these lights, having become a Searchlight Regiment in 1938. Such passive work was not to the liking of the soldiers involved since the Royal Scots had long been riflemen and its members viewed searchlights as distinctly second best. The 405th Searchlight Company manned sites in East Lothian, with the Company Headquarters at Clerkington House, near Haddington. The 405th was commanded by Major JB Allan and spent July 1939 in camp at Crossgates in Fife where it underwent long periods of training. When mobilization was ordered on 1st September, the units deployed to their war stations.
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