Photocopied newspaper article about Captain Neil MacFadyen of Kenovay.
Article about Captain MacFadyen and others who brought the SS `Ocean Tide` safely into Murmansk after being hit by a torpedo in 1943.
1999.130.16
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1999.130.17
Photocopied newspaper article about the captain and crew of the SS `Ocean Tide`.
Article about Captain Neil MacFadyen and two engineers of the SS `Ocean Tide` who were awarded the Lloyd`s Medal for Bravery at Sea in 1944.
1999.130.25.3
Three photocopied newspaper articles about (1) Tiree Association, (2) Captain Neil MacFadyen OBE of Kenovay and (3) two Tiree soldiers fighting in Sicily.
Article about two privates from Tiree, L. MacFadyen and J. McMurchie, who spent 48 hours lying wounded in a ditch during fighting on the Plain of Catania, Sicily during WWII.
1999.69.1
Tiree Food Producers Sent To Prison
Transcription of a Highland Land League publication of 1918 titled ‘Tiree Food Producers Sent To Prison’.
Courtesy of Mr Hugh MacLeod
During World War I, the Government encouraged people to cultivate unused land. It also instructed the Board of Agriculture for Scotland in 1914 to break up large farms for returning servicemen. The Board decided to take over the lease of 137 acres of Balephetrish farm for small holdings.
However, Thomas Barr, the tenant of Balephetrish farm, claimed £1,243 in compensation which the Board refused to pay although it allocated the land to a number of applicants. By 1918, eight Tiree cottars could wait no longer and ploughed 30 acres of Balephetrish farm and planted potatoes and other crops.
They were arrested and taken to Oban where they were welcomed like heroes by the local branch of the Highland Land League. At the subsequent court hearing they were found guilty and sentenced to ten days in prison with the recommendation that ‘they be treated to the privileges of political prisoners’.
1999.116.1
Account of the shipwreck of the SS Nevada by Iain Clark.
Account of the shipwreck of the SS Nevada in 1942 by Iain Clark.
1999.43.2
Photocopied newspaper article `Boy`s Amazing Story to Oban Policemen`.
Story of a 16 year old boy who had absonded from an approved school and conned Oban police into paying his passage to Tiree which was then a restriced area.
1998.270.5
Photocopied telegram dated 29/7/1943 to John Brown.
Telegram dated 29/7/1943 to John Brown instructing him to rejoin (forces unit) at Northshields immediately.
1999.83.2
De Havilland Rapide over Sandaig
Photograph of a de Havilland Rapide over Sandaig.
Courtesy of Mr Donald MacKinnon
The first commercial flights from Renfrew Airport began in 1933 to Campbeltown and Islay. The following year a 29 year old businessman, George Nicholson from County Durham, set up Northern and Scottish Airways to take over these routes and develop others.
In October 1935, Nicholson was flown by his chief pilot, David Barclay, on a reconnaissance trip to Tiree. Islanders were woken early as he flew for some time low over the island, landing at 6 a.m. on An Tràigh Mhòr, the beach at Gott Bay. In May 1936, Colin MacPhail was appointed Northern and Scottish Airways local manager.
On 1st July 1936 David Barclay flew the first commercial flight to Tiree via Islay and landed on the Reef in a De Havilland Rapide, a fabric-covered twin engine biplane that could carry eight passengers.
Black and white photograph of a de Havilland Rapide over Sandaig after World War II.
De Havilland Rapide over Sandaig after World War II. The `X` off shore on the right marks the spot where the Sturdy went down.
1998.229.1
Brass letter-opener commemorating the Battle of the Somme, made from bullet casings and inscribed “1918 Somme” on the blade, although the original inscription appears to have been “so eronne”, which could be a person’s name or meaning ‘so wrong’. The handle is inscribed with “Villers Brettoneaux”, with the digits 3, 16, S67 and a symbol on the base.
1999.174.1
Copied memorandum from the Officer in Charge of Cavalry Records to Private A. B. Barr dated 5/5/1920.
Memorandum dated 5/5/1920 from the Officer in Charge of Cavalry Records to Private A. B. Barr of the Lothian and Borders Horse with date of discharge.