On 18th of April 1916, Edith Wharton, was appointed Chevalier of the Legion of Honour, France’s highest award, for her contribution to the war effort.
Edith Wharton #OnThisDay
Zeppelin #OnThisDay
On 14th of March 1899 Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin took out a US patent for a ‘navigable balloon’. It became known as a Zeppelin airship.
Dr Mary McNeill #ChooseToChallenge
Dr Mary McNeill worked in hospitals in Serbia, Palestine, India and East Africa during and after World War 1.
HMS Pheasant (1917) #OnThisDay
Eighty nine crew were aboard HMS Pheasant when she was lost on 1st of March 1917.
Dr Mary McNeill: Orkney Hero #LestWeForget
Today The Orkney News remembers Orcadian, Dr Mary McNeill, whose devotion and self-sacrifice in serving others is humbling
Orkney Remembers
On Remembrance Sunday, November 8th 2020, Orkney remembered all those who had suffered and died as a result of war and conflict.
The McNeills of Holm
“ we lived in an eerie borderland between the seen and the unseen worlds” F.M. McNeill
‘Paragraph Eleven Confirm’ #OnThisDay
On 21st of June 1919 the German High Seas Fleet was scuttled in Scapa Flow, Orkney
Lord Kitchener, HMS Hampshire and the Aghada Connection
“There were at least 28 Irish sailors lost on HMS Hampshire”
Remembering the 737 Men Lost on HMS Hampshire #OnThisDay
On the 5th of June 1916 HMS Hampshire sank off the West coast of Mainland Orkney a tragedy that saw the loss of 737 lives including that of Earl Kitchener, Britain’s Secretary of State for War.
