Robert Foden gave a fascinating and extremely well researched talk on Tuesday the 12th of February on the role of the Jellicoe Express.
1918- 2018 Orkney Images Marking the Ending of World War I
2018 saw a range of commemorations in Orkney to mark the end of the First World War.
The War to End all Wars
The 1914 – 1918 war was a conflict raged by Empires ruled over by closely related members of the same Royal family and ambitious politicians.
Pages of the Sea Remembers Flotta’s Robert William Taylor
The Pages of the Sea event which is to take place on Scapa Beach on 11th of November, 3pm, will be a large-scale sand portrait of Lieutenant Robert William Taylor MC, from Flotta.
#Armistice 100 at St Magnus Cathedral, Kirkwall
The Orkney News joined the crowds on the streets of Kirkwall to watch the art installation on the walls of St Magnus Cathedral to remember the fallen in World War 1.
Commemorating the Poets, Writers & Artists – #Armistice100
Historic Environment Scotland have unveiled a series of plaques which commemorate poets, writers and artists influenced by the appalling carnage of World War 1.
Poetry Corner
In this week 1918, Wilfred Owen was killed with only one week to go until the Armistice, here is one of his best known Poems. Disabled.
Pages of the Sea: Community Workshop
On Tuesday evening, 30th of October, there was a workshop in the town hall concerning the “Pages of the sea” event to take place on Scapa beach.
Surveying Orkney’s Marine Archaeology
“This is an important marine archaeology project surveying what remains of the German High Seas Fleet warships that were salvaged from Scapa Flow in the inter war period.”
The Great War: an Orkney Memorial Experience
It will run on a loop eight times from 5pm each evening between now and Remembrance Day on 11 November.