View of Caol Ila and the Paps of Jura
Accession number:
IMTP.VILL.194.4
Number of Items
1
Type
digital image
Location
Victor Hards pix
Description:
An undated black and white photograph by Albert Victor Hards of Caol Ila with the Paps of Jura in the background. Hards arrived on Islay in 1938 to work as an exciseman with Customs and Excise. He was to remain on Islay till 1940, where he enlisted with the army to fight in north Africa and Greece, where he was captured and saw out the rest of the war as a POW. Following his release in 1945 he returned hom to continue his work as an exciseman.