Old travel Blog photograph of a Royal Navy ship by Lerwick, Shetland Islands, Scotland. The Royal Naval Reserve were the first Shetlanders to be called up and ordered to report to their headquarters in Lerwick on 2nd August 1914. This was the first time in the history of the R.N.R that men had been called up, emphasising the gravity of the international situation. Hundreds of men poured into Lerwick from nearly every district in Shetland. The first settlement to be known as Lerwick was founded in the 17th century as a herring and white fish seaport to trade with the Dutch fishing fleet. When Lerwick became more prosperous through sea trade and the fishing industry during the 19th century, the town expanded in 1891 to the west of Hillhead, thereby including the former civil parishes of Gulberwick und Quarff, as well as the islands parish of Burra. Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day.
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