Tour Scotland travel video clip, with Scottish music, of the South Lighthouse on ancestry, genealogy, history visit to Fair Isle, an island located halfway between the Shetland Islands and the Orkney Islands. During an air attack in December 1941, the wife of an Assistant Lightkeeper, Mrs Sutherland, was killed and her infant daughter slightly hurt. Six weeks after this the wife and daughter of Principal Lightkeeper were killed when a second air attack produced a direct hit on the main dwelling block at 3.45pm on 21 January 1942. Two bombs were dropped in this attack. The first registered a direct hit on the west gable end of the main block of dwelling houses. The main building and spare caught fire and were completely burnt out. Roderick Macaulay, Assistant Lightkeeper, walked 3 miles from the North Lighthouse where he and his daughter had a narrow escape in a former raid. Through snowdrifts and gale force winds he journeyed to lend a hand in restoring the South Light to operational order, and back again in the dark to take his own regular watch. He was awarded the British Empire Medal for outstanding services.
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