St Catherine's Lighthouse, at the southern tip of the island, was built by Trinity House in 1838 on a site with lighthouse history going back to about 1323. Wikipedia records that on 1 June 1943 a bombing raid destroyed the engine house, killing the three duty keepers.
Red Funnel names the three men as William Jones, Richard Grenfell and Charles Tompkins and says strange sounds around the lighthouse are thought to be them. Timeless Travel Steps adds a ghostly figure in the lamp room, unexplained footsteps, slamming doors and missing items. Spooky Isles notes that people give different versions, with some saying the haunting is of animals rather than the keepers.
The wartime deaths are documented, but the Wikipedia article says nothing about a haunting, and the ghost claims rest on guide articles with no named witness or date. Treat it as a traditional association between a real tragedy and a lonely building.
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