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Review: HMS Pheasant 1917 “Who were the lost men and boys?”
St Andrews Fair Saturday 2019
It is an international celebration by artists and cultural groups where money raised goes towards a social cause.
William Bowen: Remembering the Men of HMS Pheasant 1917 #LestWeForget
William Bowen had an extensive naval career before the outbreak of the First World War on 4th of August 1914.
Tom Howarth: Remembering the Men of HMS Pheasant 1917 #LestWeForget
Five brothers from the Howarth family served in World War 1.
Records of a Bygone Age
On 4th December 1915, at the age of 18, William Spence enlisted with the Machine Gun Corps of the Seaforth Highlanders.
‘As the Women Lay Dreaming’ By Donald S. Murray
“The whole thing’s coming round again,” he muttered. “It’s as if we’re living upon a wheel. As if the whole Earth is felloed with madness and death.”
HMS Pheasant 1917: A Story Needing To Be Told
Although miniscule compared to the millions who died in the slaughter of World War 1, for the men’s families, the loss of their loved ones was devastating.
Not Just Flotsam and Jetsam
By far the largest number of marine related artefacts displayed are from the German fleet which was scuttled in Scapa Flow on 21st of June 1919.
The “extremely welcoming attitude of the Orcadian people will never be forgotten.”
A letter sent on behalf of the German Ambassador Dr Petter Wittig has thanked the Orkney community for a ‘remarkable’ programme of events marking the recent centenary of the scuttling of the German Fleet in Scapa Flow.
Looking Up Close and Underwater at Scapa Flow
The stunning underwater photographs of parts of the sunken German High Seas Fleet lying in Scapa Flow were taken over a 4 year period from 2014 – 2018.
