St Kilda – SANGHA KOMMUNE (SSR)

Emails: St Kilda – Ancients British Celts, WWI, WWII, Human and Animal Tragedy! (17.9.2023)

17/09/2023 Adrian (釋大道)

Research suggests these people had lived on this isolated island for around 2000 years – as they spoke a very old Gaelic language mixed with the odd word of Latin and Norse! The island was attacked once by an Imperial German U-boat during Spring 1918 (which fired 60 artillery rounds at a British Telegraph Station) near the end of WWI. During WWII, after all the indigenous Celts had gone – my maternal grandfather – Arthur Gibson – (when serving in the Royal Navy on the Minesweeper – HMS Beaumaris Castle) was ordered onto the island of St Kilda (Hirta) after an aeroplane full of US Servicemen (who were returning home after fighting in Europe) -crashed into the high mountainside with no survivors.

Email: The Only Known Depiction of the HMS Beaumaris Castle (FY 992)? (12.11.2021)

12/11/2021 Adrian (釋大道)

Dear Leo As you (and your colleagues) at the RNSPA have been so kind as to help me with my research, I thought that I

HMS Beaumaris Castle (FY 992): Telegraphist George Smith Recounts the ‘St Kilda’ Incident (1944?)

04/11/2021 Adrian (釋大道)

When I was young (probably during the 1970s) my grandfather would tell me exactly the same stories! He also said that one-day he fired a rifle at a nearby Nazi German sea-mine that exploded with such force that the HMS Beaumaris Castle lifted-up into the air before falling (with a ‘thud’) back into the sea! As I have no way of knowing for sure – and given that the log-book of the HMS Beaumaris is ‘missing’ – George Smith could well be right in his recollections. This is despite the MOD ‘hinting’ that an important incident took-place on November 26th, 1942 – just seventeen-days after Arthur Gibson came aboard – and around a year prior to George Smith came aboard! When human-beings age a funny thing can happen to their memories. Details can be clearly remembered whilst all-round contexts are either completely forgotten or equally mistaken for other interpretations of reality, etc. Whatever the case, I thank you, Mr George Smith, for trusting me – and trusting in me – because you knew and respected by grandfather – Arthur Gibson! I will never forget your trust!

Russian Arctic Convoy Museum (Letter 1) – [4.11.2021] – HMS Beaumaris Castle (FY 992) RNPS – Hazardous Duties (1942 – 1945)

04/11/2021 Adrian (釋大道)

Dear Sir Website: About The Russian Arctic Convoy Project I and my family have been attending (pre-Covid19) the Soviet War Memorial in London since around 2010.

Three Mysterious about the HMS Beaumaris Castle [FY 992] (WWII)

29/08/2018 Adrian (釋大道)

Three crewmembers of the HMS Beaumaris Castle – Arthur Gibson, John Youngman and George Smith – all serving in the Royal Navy Patrol Service (RNPS)

Seaman Arthur James Gibson [1911-1997] (Royal Navy No: JX381363) War Record (1942-1946) – HMS Beaumaris Castle (FY 992)

28/08/2018 Adrian (釋大道)

Among the body parts were Xmas presents and photographs of relatives, as well as other personal items. The recovered bodies were carefully taken back to the HMS Beaumaris Castle where they were laid-out in the biggest space possible – the cleared Mess Hall.