Efficiency Medal bearing the head of King George VI on one side and on the other the words “For Efficient Service”. Instituted in 1908, the Efficiency Medal was awarded to members of the Territorial Army (UK), Colonial Auxiliary Forces and Indian Volunteer Forces, with more than 12 years service. This version of the medal was issued during 1949-1952 and includes the word “INDIAE”. The recipient’s name is engraved on the rim: 544938 CPL W MACLACHLAN AYR YEO. The ribbon would have been dark green with yellow borders. Found in a garden in Scarinish.
Collection of nine booklets of plays and dialogues in Gaelic and English, performed by the Tiree drama group in the 1960s. Titles include (1) An Reitheachail Rathail – mock trial by sherriff and jury, (2) Cobhair às na Speuran, (3) Dealbh-chluichean Gaidhlig – Gaelic Plays, (4) Na h-Uibhean Priseil, (5) Ri Guaillibh a’ Chèile – Shoulder to Shoulder, (6) Beitidh, (7) Reiteach Moraig, (8) Na Fasain Ura, (9) Comhraidhean Gaidhlig – Gaelic Dialogues.
Card funeral sheet celebrating the life of Neil Brownlie, Barrapol (1925-2015), with a colour photograph of Neil and his dog on the front, and lyrics for two hymns inside (Morning has Broken; The Lord’s My Shepherd). The service was held at Falkirk Crematorium in January 2015. Neil wrote many stories, songs and articles about Gaelic culture and history.
Black & white photograph of a football team from a plantation in Malaya run by Lachie MacKinnon, Hillcrest, in 1955. Lachie is seated centre-front with his twins Charles and Iain.
Softback book ‘Eilean Uaine Thiriodh’ by Margaret Bennett and Eric Rose, 2014. ‘The Green Isle of Tiree’ is a biography of Ethel MacCallum who, in 1942, was evacuated from an orphanage in Glasgow to the Island of Tiree. She became fluent in Gaelic and, with her natural gift for music and song, was encouraged to write her own compositions. The book includes some of her original work on a CD.
Handwritten letter from Gerald Stock dated 10/2/98, concerning Duncan MacLean who was killed during a German U-boat attack on the SS Scottish Monarch in WWI, and whose parents lived at Gott. Mr Stock was put in touch with Les Crawte, Milton, who produced the Tiree Roll of Honour.
DVD of TV programme Cairdeas Cogaidh in Gaelic and English, featuring Prof. Donald Meek documenting the life and death of his relative, John MacDonald of Caoles, and John ‘Jock’ Stewart who served with John MacDonald in France when John was killed in action in 1917. Donald begins with papers kept in his family’s home in Caoles for 100 years, then travels to John’s grave in France, and on to Africa where Jock lived and worked as a vet.
