Photocopied Roll of Honour 1914-1919.
Roll of Honour of those from Tiree who fell during World War I, produced by the Tiree Association. (replacement bound copy made in May 2014)
1998.171.1
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1998.44.6
Township history for Soay, Brock, Ruaig and Salum researched and written by Hector MacPhail.
Information about Soay and about prominent families in Brock, Ruaig and Salum – the MacKinnons/Sinclairs, Lamonts, MacLeans, MacLeods and MacInneses.
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1999.117.51
Black and white photograph of Flora Campbell, 1889-1972.
Flora Campbell, V.A.D., who served from 1914 to 1919, first at Tourbridge V.A.D. Hospital and later at Woolwich Royal Herbert Military Hospital.
1997.235.1
Audio cassette recording of Seumas na Croige with Alan Boyd.
Alan Boyd talks to James MacDonald (Seumas na Croige) of West Hynish about his sea-faring days and being shipwrecked in World War I, his schooldays at Balemartine School, the people of West Hynish and Bail’ Ur, their nicknames and genealogy, fishing and different types of seaweed, thatched houses, healing powers, Captain Donald MacKinnon of the Great China Tea Race, and place-names in Balephuil and West Hynish. Gàidhlig neo-mhodail: Tha Ailean Bòid a’ bruidhinn ri Seumas Mac Dhòmhnaill (Seumas na Croige) as na Cùiltean mu na làithean aige aig fairge agus mar a chaidh am bàta air an robh e air na sgeirean ’sa Cheud Chogadh, làithean sgoile ann am Baile Mhàrtainn, muinntir nan Cùiltean agus am Bail’ Ùr, a far-ainm agus an sloinneadh aca, iasgach, deifir sheòrsa feamainn, taighean tugha, comasan leigheis, an sgiobair Dòmhnall Mac Fhionghainn, fear Reis Mhòr an Ti Shina agus ainmean-aite ann am Baile Phuill agus na Cùiltean
1998.98.16
Black and white photograph of brothers John and Archie MacDonald.
L-R: Brothers John (Iain Dhomhnaill Iain) and Archie (Gilleasbuig Dhomhnaill Iain), sons of Donald and Margaret MacDonald of Cornaigbeg (see J16). Photographed during World War I, Archie is in Canadian Army uniform.
2002.153.1
Copy of New Zealand Soldier`s Pay Book.
New Zealand Soldier`s Pay Book for Private Archibald John MacLean of Cornaigmore, Donald Archie MacLean`s father, who served in WWI.
1997.192.2
Photocopied newspaper article about brothers A. and R. MacCallum from Cornaigbeg.
Obituaries for two brothers from Cornaigbeg, Private A. MacCallum who was killed by gunshot in France on 12/3/1916 at the age of 30 and Seargeant Robert MacCallum who died in action as Beaumont Hamel on 13/11/1915 at the age of 32.
1997.180.1
Black and white photograph of Donald MacKechnie, Kilmoluaig.
Donald MacKechnie, Kilmoluaig, (Maggie Campbell`s father) in his naval uniform.
1997.159.22
Minesweepers off Tiree during World War I
Photograph of minesweepers off the coast of Tiree during World War I.
Courtesy of Mrs Jean Lindsay
World War I had a devastating impact on Tiree. The Roll of Honour lists two hundred and ninety men who served in the conflict and the Scarinish War Memorial records the names of sixty-six who died.
Apart from the occasional fighting ship seen on the skyline, and the attack by a U-boat on the ‘Plover’ north of Coll, the Great War was predominantly a distant conflict, fought in the trenches of Europe and the oceans of the world.
The war was foretold by Tiree’s most famous seer, John MacLean (Iain MacEachainn Bhàin), who said, ‘There is a great war coming soon… On sea and land the losses will be heavy and in a land which is unknown to me, the ground will be soaked in blood. Millions will go to their eternal rest in the soil of this land and beautiful red flowers will grow over them.’
Black and white photograph of minesweepers off the coast of Tiree during WW1.
Five minesweepers off the coast of Tiree during WW1.
1997.159.24
Black and white photograph of the 1921 Remembrance Day service at the War Memorial.
1921 Remembrance Day service at the War Memorial at Scarinish.