Copy of short text `Reminiscences of shipwreck HMS Sturdy` by Eric Wise, which was read out at his funeral. The Sturdy was wrecked on rocks at Sandaig in Oct 1940.
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Dates: 2000s
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Magazine `Warship World` with article about HMS Sturdy
Copy of `Warship World` magazine, 2008, with article `The Loss of HMS Sturdy` by Derek Fox. Also a letter from the author to Dr John Holliday, Sept.2010, along with a separate typed transcript of the article. HMS Sturdy was wrecked off Sandaig in Oct 1940 with the loss of five lives. Derek Fox`s grandfather, Ernest Fox was one of the survivors.
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Photograph of Seaman Jack Encell of HMS Sturdy
Black & white photograph of Seaman Jack Encell in 1940. He was on board HMS Sturdy when it was wrecked on rocks at Sandaig in October 1940, with the loss of five lives. Donated by Mike Gibson in 2008.
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Printed account by Greta Trevers of her experiences on Tiree during WWII where she served in the WAAF, and her return to Tiree and Oban in June 2010.
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Book “To the Islands”
Hard-back book “To the Islands” by the archaeologist Professor Steven Mithen, University of Reading, about his years of searches for evidence of prehistoric communities in the Hebridean islands. Includes Tiree, Gunna and Coll in chapters 12-14 & 19. Signed by the author with a note to Dr John Holliday, An Iodhlann.
2010.63.1
Documents and photographs relating to the Eriskay Pony breed
Documents, articles and photograps relating to the endangered Eriskay Pony breed of the outer Hebrides. The Eriskay Pony Society was set up in 1972 to prevent the extinction of the breed. One of the founders was Robert Beck, vet, and resident of Tiree.
2010.65.1
Book “I Remember – Reminiscences of Donald Alistair MacLeod”
Autobiography of the life, travels and Tiree ancestry of Donald Alastair MacLeod (b 1918), whose grandparents came from Tiree. Donald emmigrated from Edinburgh to Patagonia in 1920 along with his extended family. Signed by the author with a message to David & Eileen, 13/07/2009.
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Photograph of the graves of seamen from HMS Sturdy
Colour photographs of wreaths at the graves of the five seamen who died when the HMS Sturdy foundered on rocks off Sandaig in October 1940. Taken in 2008.
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Photograph of Mr B Greenshields at the grave of F Greenshields at Soroby (2008)
Colour photograph of Mr B Greenshields at the grave of his father F Greenshields who was one of five seamen who died when HMS Sturdy foundered on rocks of Sandaig in Oct 1940.
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Photogrpah of `the Sturdy Bell` (2008)
Colour photograph of `the Sturdy Bell` – a small ornate brass bell that either came from the ship or commemorates the wrecking of the HMS Sturdy which foundered on rocks off Sandaig in Oct 1940 with the loss of five lives.
