Colour photograph of a memorial to an RAF Tiree crew in Bundoran, Ireland.
Memorial at Bundoran, Ireland to a Halifax crew from RAF Tiree who crashed in January 1944, photographed in June 2003.
2004.90.1
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1999.301.1
Hardback book `German Navy Warships 1939-1945` by W. D. G. Blundell.
An illustrrated reference guide to the ships of the Kriegsmarine in World War II with over 90 scale drawings and over 80 photographs.
2001.27.3
Black and white photograph of Captain Neil MacKinnon of Heanish.
Captain Neil MacKinnon of Adavale, Heanish who was awarded the DSM for service during World War II.
2004.68.1
Audio cassette recording of Janet MacIntosh of Scarinish talking to Maggie Campbell on 21/5/2004.
Janet MacIntosh of Urvaig talks to Maggie Campbell in May 2004 about her schooldays in Balemartine, her childhood and wartime memories, Sunday customs, her travels round Scotland as a pilgrim, women’s clothing and work, baptisms in Tiree, the 19th century Baptist revival on the Ross of Mull, the Community Council, differences between the east and west of Tiree, self education, second sight and ghost stories, Tiree Bards, the hardness of life in the past with poverty, disease and the death of children; Janet finishes by singing a hymn composed by Neil MacDonald of Kilmoluaig
2001.56.2
Black and white photograph of William H. MacPhail and Flora MacKinnon nee MacLean in 1943.
Flora MacKinnon nee MacLean of Balevullin as a baby in Glasgow in 1943 with Flight Lieutenant William H. MacPhail of the Canadian Air Force. He was born 11/8/1919 in Fullarton Township, Perth County, Ontario and died 13/1/1945 at Lille in France.
2004.49.5
Folder titled `War Graves` containing Tiree and Coll District Council papers dated from 1928 to 1950.
Folder titled `War Graves` containing Tiree and Coll District Council papers dated from 1928 to 1950, including a draft death certificate for the Chief Purser of the SS Volendam.
2004.45.1
Account of the sinking of the SS Volendam in 1940 by Desmond Fik.
An accountby Desmond Fik of the sinking of the SS Volendam carrying evacuated children in 1940. One of the crew is buried at Kirkapol graveyard.
2000.125.1
Paperback book `Survival against the Odds` by Donald J. MacLeod.
The story of petty Officer Donald MacKinnon, a Russian Convoy survivor in WWII.
2000.74.1
Audio cassette recording of Janet MacIntosh talking to Maggie Campbell in March 2000.
Janet MacIntosh of Caoles and Balinoe talks to Maggie Campbell in March 2000 about her schooldays in Balemartine, her pastimes, the delivery of a telegram from Balinoe Post Office, wartime and the pictures, the funeral of 16 RAF crew members who died in a plane crash, monthly ceilidhs, dances and Gaelic plays, travelling shops, funerals, transport, gathering and cooking seafood and seaweed, and the health benefits of sea water.
2004.34.1
Printout of colour scan of an RAF Tiree Station Theatre programme for 6/4/1945.
RAF Tiree Station Theatre programme for `The Mixture` performed on 6/4/1945.