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WW100 Islay

@ww100Islay

Commemorating Islay's story of WW1 and the incredible events of 1918

Islay, Scotland Katılım Ocak 2018
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Mark Gillespie
Mark Gillespie@whiskycast·
100 years ago Monday, the US troop ship SS Tuscania was sunk by a German torpedo in these waters off Islay’s Mull of Oa during World War I. The American Monument was erected on the cliff overlooking the Mull after the war to honor the lives lost that day.
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Iain Anderson
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A large community led centenary service @CWGC Kilchoman cemetery on Islay today included a wreath laid on behalf of the @CWGC and on the only Known American casualty buried from SSTuscania @WW100Scotland @RNinScotland #Islay
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Donald Gillies
Donald Gillies@DonaldIslay·
@WW100Scotland #Americanforces Lovely Moving service and commemoration at Oa #Islay today for those 210 folk that lost their lives on the American troopship Tuscania, sunk by German Submarine UB-77. 100yrs ago today. At the going down of the sun we shall remember them. RIP.
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WW100Scotland
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Some beautiful photos from today's commemorations on #Islay, marking 100 years since the sinking of the SS Tuscania: bit.ly/2E3hLHw
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