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Appin and North Connell men get together to track down unknown World War II dead
The historic parishes of Appin and North Appin believed that no one from the area had died during Word War II. This meant that their War Memorial carried only the names of those who had perished in the...
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Voyage to Murmansk: a convoy of memories
Take a 16 year old cabin boy with the New Zealand Shipping Company who became a 60s pop singer and party animal capable of leaving the Rolling Stones standing.Add a sprinkling of veterans of the World...
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Jock Dempster: hell and healing – two voyages to Murmansk
As the Royal British Legion launches the 2009 Poppy Appeal today, it seems a good time to hear from Jock Dempster, a veteran of the fearful Russian or Arctic Convoys of World War II.These supply...
View ArticleFloral tributes to Drummer Lee Rigby at Lochgilphead War Memorial
A series of beautiful floral tributes has been left at Lochgilphead war memorial for Drummer Lee Rigby and in peaceful protest against the primitive act of violence that so dreadfully ended his...
View Article4 hour Bristol Surprise Royal as 75th anniversary peal for Inveraray’s All...
The 10 Bells at All Saints’ Church, Inveraray – the second heaviest ring of 10 bells in the world – will be rung specially to a peal to mark the 75th anniversary of the ringing of the first peal on the...
View ArticleHMS Argyll in services of remembrance In West Indies as Edinburgh Drumhead...
HMS Argyll, on tour in the West Indies, has recently paid visits to both Antigua and Montserrat, with its crew present at small commemorative occasions paying tribute to those from these islands who...
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Moving Minds at Auchindrain
On Friday 25th July, Auchindrain Township, south of Inveraray on the A83, launched an exhibition that runs until late September.Moving Minds aims to do just what it says – and it cannot fail to do...
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Furnace Roll of Honour – the men behind the names
The winter sun was kind to the village of Furnace this afternoon as local people gathered by the War Memorial to remember those killed in the service of their country.This year, the Remembrance Day...
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