WW100 Islay

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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@whiskycast·6 Şub

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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WW100 Islay@ww100Islay·7 Şub

@islaybookfest @BowmorePrimary @rvwable So pleased! Looking forward to hearing the finished work!

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Centenary News@CentenaryNews·7 Şub

Update on Islay's commemorations @ww100Islay @WW100Scotland marking February 5 centenary of troopship Tuscania sinking in 1918 #WW1: centenarynews.com/article/update…

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WW100 Islay@ww100Islay·7 Şub

@islaybookfest @AlanDapre We are proud of it! Thank you!

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WW100 Islay@ww100Islay·6 Şub

@davidwoodislay And the trek was made easier thanks to the hard work of the RSPB #Islay team.

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davidwood@davidwoodislay·5 Şub

Great to see over 100 good folk trek up to the monument today to mark the 100yr anniversary of the tuscania disaster. #Islay #ww100islay twitter.com/Islay_Jura/sta…

Explore Islay & Jura@IslayandJura

Poignant commemoration ceremony at the American Monument #Islay today. Remembering the many lives lost after the sinking of SS Tuscania 100 years ago today. @WW100Scotland @ExploreArgyll #AnOa @IslayMuseum

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Neil Cuthbert@cuthbertneil·5 Şub

Remembered by the American Monument on #Islay An incredible place. #WW1 twitter.com/BNArchive/stat…

The British Newspaper Archive@BNArchive

#Onthisday in 1918 the US steamship Tuscania was torpedoed by a #German submarine and sunk off the coast of #Ireland. #FirstWorldWar ow.ly/DPyt30i9QrE

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Iain Anderson@IainGAnderson·5 Şub

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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GuthanÌleach@OrainIleach·5 Şub

#WW1 #WW100Islay #tuireadh #lament #gàidhlig #coimhearsnachd #Ìle #isleofislay #islay #orainìleach tobarandualchais.co.uk/en/fullrecord/…

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Isle of Islay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿@isleofislay·5 Şub

New on Islay Blog: WW100 Islay Centennial Service at American Monument dlvr.it/QF7Tf6 @ islayinfo.com

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Doughboy Foundation@ww1memorialdc·5 Şub

Excellent retelling of this story. twitter.com/CentenaryNews/…

Centenary News@CentenaryNews

100 years ago #WW1: troopship Tuscania sunk carrying US soldiers to Europe. CN's Patrick Gregory @AmericanOnTheWF tells the story: centenarynews.com/article/100-ye…

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Donald Gillies@DonaldIslay·5 Şub

@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.