Discovery in the deep: Lost World War I wreck found off Coll
Until deep sea divers saw it loom eerily out of the dark last week, almost 100m beneath the waves between Coll and Mull, no one was sure if it was a rock or a wreck
Until deep sea divers saw it loom eerily out of the dark last week, almost 100m beneath the waves between Coll and Mull, no one was sure if it was a rock or a wreck
A former soldier is proud to have a certificate for Kintyre’s Private Daniel Docherty.
The Kaiser is a fugitive at the moment when all the world is rejoicing at the utter defeat of his plot.
‘We stand in peace in this glen because of the names on this stone.’
‘He was a young officer of the best stamp, thoroughly conversant with his work, and highly considerate of his men, by all of whom he was held in the highest esteem.’
Twenty transparent silhouettes, representing the fallen servicemen and others affected by the war, sat among the pews
Argyll and Bute Lord Lieutenant, Patrick Stewart said: ‘ I shall be lighting a the bonfire at 7pm on Sunday to mark the centenary of the armistice ending the First World War.’
Clachan lost 15 young men during the war, at a time when the population would have been much smaller.
The Courier, of November 14 1968, 50 years on from Armistice Day carried six paragraphs.
‘It’s one of the best collections from the First World War that we have seen.’