Bombardier Allison Jones is presently on duty

Bombardier Allison Jones is presently on duty at the Castle as Sergeant Shannon the District Gunner is on leave.

Allison who first fired the One o’ Clock Gun in March 2006, has also fired a twenty five pounder.

Margaret Holroyd who worked as a secretary at the Royal Observatory fired the time gun just after the Second World War. Lady Scott- Barrett also fired the One o’ Clock Gun in January 1979 when her husband Lt.-General Sir David Scott- Barrett, Governor of Edinburgh Castle and General Officer Commanding the Army in Scotland retired after thirty six years service.

Commissioned into the Scots Guards, General Scott-Barrett was awarded the Military Cross in 1945 when he distinguished himself by holding his position against German armoured and infantry attack. Bombardier Arthur Anderson and Gunner Tom McKay presented Lady Scott-Barrett with a commemorative shell to mark the historic occasion.