https://historicengland.org.uk/images-books/publications/defending-scilly/defending-scilly/ Defences of the Scilly Islands through the ages including WW2
Here are some of the battalions that have served on the Scilly Isles during WWII. 8th Battalion King's Own Royal Regiment - It was relieved of beach defences in South Devon later and half of the battalion moved to the Scilly Isles under the 203rd Infantry Brigade, with the rest of the battalion at Burnham-on-Sea. The battalion was mobilised at Kelso on May 22nd, 1941 and embarked at Glasgow on July 11th, 1941. 14th Battalion Royal Fusiliers - From January to May 1941, the battalion served on the Scilly Isles. After, the battalion moved to the mainland in Devonshire in the Westward Ho, Woolacombe Bay, and Sauton Sands area. 30th Battalion Devonshire Regiment - It moved to St. Mary’s, Scilly Isles in April 1943, leaving Falmouth, Devon. It returned to Falmouth in August 1943. 13th/30th Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment - It moved to the Scilly Isles in April 1941 and landed there on May 19th, 1941. From July to November 1941, ‘D’ Company was in Cornwall. The battalion moved to Falmouth in March 1942. 30th Battalion Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry - On March 23rd, 1942, the battalion moved to the Scilly Isles to relieve the 30th West Yorkshire Regiment, with ‘A’ and ‘C’ Companies on the mainland at Porthcanno. It received at draft of 232 other ranks from the 30th Somerset Light Infantry on August 15th before leaving. It exchanged locations with the 30th Devonshire Regiment in East Cornwall in April 1943 and moved to Devon by May 5th, 1943 at Falmouth with ‘A’ Company at St Anthony and ‘C’ Company at South Albington.
I would recommend the book Scilly At War by R L Bowley (ISBN 0900184345). The book has three parts. The first deals with the English Civil War, the second with the First World War and the third with the Second World War. It contains a number of black & white photographs. It is informative and very readable and essential for anyone getting to grips with the defences of the islands and life on them in WW2.
