Black and white photograph of Captain Lachlan Lamont of Ruaig.
Captain Lachlan Lamont (Anneen Black`s grandfather), Ruaig, of the SS `Ballycotton`.
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Captain Lachlan Lamont
Photograph of Captain Lachlan Lamont of Ruaig.
Courtesy of Mrs Anneen Black
Lachlan Lamont of Ruaig was captain of the S.S. ‘Sheerness’ which sank off the south-east coast of Ireland in 1927. His brother Archibald was also a sea captain and served in the Royal Navy Reserve during World War I along with other Tiree master mariners.
During the Dardanelles Campaign, Archibald was in command of the cargo carrier S.S ‘Asteria’ and was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for bravery. The citation recorded that he ‘frequently experienced heavy shell-fire alongside the pier at Cape Helles during which he…coolly supervised the unloading of his ship.’
Archibald survived the war but died on board his ship after the Armistice was signed. He is buried in Istanbul.
Black and white photograph of Captain Lachlan Lamont from Ruaig.
Lachlan Lamont from Ruaig, captain of the SS `Sheerness` (see Q8).
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Black and white photograph of Iain MacLeod, Ruaig.
On the left Iain MacLeod (Anneen Black`s brother) from Ruaig in RAF uniform during WWII..
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Black and white photograph of the SS `Sheerness`.
The SS `Sheerness` captained by Lachlan Lamont from Ruaig (see Q7).
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Black and white photograph of Sandy MacInnes.
Sandy MacInnes (Duncan MacInnes` uncle) with a collie dog with Sackhill and Ruaig School in the background.
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Black and white photograph of Donald Lamont, MBE, in 1976.
Donald Lamont, MBE, from Ruaig, former Customs & Exciseman in Glasgow, photographed in Tiree in 1976 when aged 86.
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Black and white photograph of haymakers in Salum in the 1930s.
Haymakers in Salum in the 1930s.
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Black and white photograph of Iain MacLeod, Ruaig.
RAF pilot Iain MacLeod of Ruaig, the son of Morag Lamont (Mor Lachainn Iain), who was killed in May 1943.
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Black and white photograph of Donald MacInnes and Charlie Clark.
Donald MacInnes? (Duncan MacInnes` uncle) and Charlie Clark with a horse-drawn cart loaded with hay.
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Black and white photograph of Ann Lamont nee MacInnes of Ruaig and her daughter Mairi.
Ann Lamont nee MacInnes of Ruaig and her daughter Mairi Iain around 1923..
