Exploring Scotland - Iolaire disaster, 1919, Beasts of Holm, Lewis, Outer Hebrides
Exploring Scotland - I decided to make a separate video to commemorate the Iolaire disaster and the impact the Great War had on the Isles of Lewis and Harris. On our visit there last year, i was deeply moved and saddened by the sacrifices this small community made for the war effort.
Iolaire memorial - Stornoway beside pier num 1
At the going down of the sun - Iolaire Memorial event (1080p)
The official opening of the Iolaire Memorial and Centenary Commemoration event at Holm on January 1st, 2019 with Lord of the Isles, Prince Charles, and First Minister Nicola Sturgeon.
Short film by welovestornoway.com
Domestic Memorable Facility To Remember Iolaire Calamity
Prince Charles and Nicola Sturgeon will be among those marking the 100th anniversary of the maritime disaster.
Prince Charles pays tribute at memorial for one of Britain’s worst maritime disasters-Royal News
Prince Charles has paid tribute to those who died in one of the UK’s worst maritime tragedies in peacetime. The Prince travelled to the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides on New Year’s Day 2019 to remember those who perished on the HMY Iolaire on the 100th anniversary of its loss. The Prince, who is known as the Lord of the Isles while in the Hebrides, read a passage from scripture at the service held at the memorial to those who died on the Iolaire. Charles also laid a wreath, bearing the message ‘’in special remembrance of your service and sacrifice’’ at the commemoration which was also attended by the First Minister of Scotland, Nicola Sturgeon, as well as descendants and relations of those who perished on the yacht. The Iolaire was on its approach to Stornoway Harbour in Lewis in the early hours of January 1st 1919 when it hit the rocks, known as ‘’The Beasts of Holm’’ and sank. Over two hundred people died. Those on board were returning home after the end of World War One. Of those who died, 174 came from Lewis and another seven from the neighbouring island of Harris. The exact reason why the yacht ended up on the rocks has never been discovered.The harbour at Stornoway was packed when the ship sank as family and friends waited to see relatives returning home after years at war. Many tried to save those on the ship but in the end, just 79 people were brought to safety. One man, John Finlay Macleod, helped save at least forty of those who survived by grabbing a rope and turning it into a rescue line. After the service, Prince Charles unveiled a new memorial to the Iolaire – a sculpture of a heaving line, in bronze, to remember Mr Macleod’s rescue. It also features the names of all those who died as the Iolaire sank as well as the villages they came from. The commemorations took place just hours after representatives of the armed forces kept a watch at the Iolaire memorial at Holm just after midnight with lights beamed on to the rocks where the ship foundered at the exact time she went down. The island was left devastated and for many years afterwards, the Iolaire was rarely spoken about. However, a determination that future generations will understand the tragedy has led to a renewed focus on the disaster. In November 2018, a book called ‘’The Darkest Hour’’, by Malcolm MacDonald and Donald John Macleod, was released with a forward by Charles. In it, the Prince talks about the ‘’indescribable grief of those families, relatives, neighbours and friends who were so cruelly affected by the loss of their loved ones’’. Today, one hundred years on from that moment, the Lord of the Isles led remembrance for those who survived war only to be lost just yards from the safety of home.
Prince Charles marks 100 years since HMY Iolaire shipwreck killed 201 WW1 survivors
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Iolaire “A Community Remembers” Service
“A Community Remembers”, which was hosted by Comhairle nan Eilean Siar, took place at 9:30pm on Monday 31st December 2018 in the Lewis Sports Centre, and was the civic event to mark the centenary of the Iolaire tragedy, featuring military and school band performances, poetry readings and songs, drama in addition to spiritual elements.
Prince Charles remembers victims of Iolaire disaster in 1919-Royal news
Only 82 of the 283 passengers on board the ship are thought to have survived when it smashed into The Beasts of Holm rocks near Stornoway on the Isle of Lewis during the early hours of January 1, 1919. The passengers were soldiers going home to Lewis, Harris and Berneray having survived the horrors of the First World War. Hundreds of people, some from as far afield as Canada, gathered at the Iolaire Memorial in Stornoway. Prince Charles gave a reading at the service and met descendants, of the victims while First Minister Miss Sturgeon also spoke with members of the public. They both laid wreaths at a monument which overlooks the scene of the tragedy, as did representatives from emergency services and other organisations. A note left by Charles read: “In special remembrance of your service and sacrifice. ”.Miss Sturgeon said: “As we welcome in the new year, today in Stornoway we rightly look back one hundred years and remember those lost on the Iolaire – a tragedy that involved so many, so close to shore and, for most of the men, so close to home. “We reflect on those who perished and how survivors, family, friends and the wider communities on Lewis, Harris and Berneray must have felt. “It may have been a century ago but the legacy of the Iolaire will never be forgotten. “I was honoured to be part of the commemorations and meet descendants.”.Psalms in Gaelic and English were sung during the ceremony, as was the national anthem. Prayers and moments of silence also ran through the event.'Every single village on the Isle of Lewis was affected by the disaster'. A new sculpture to commemorate the Iolaire, adjacent to the memorial, was shown to Prince Charles. It features a bronze depiction of a coiled heaving line, referencing the acts of John Finlay Macleod, who swam out with a rope to rescue 40 of the 79 men who were saved. One of the wreath-bearers, Lt Alison Ross of the Royal Navy, is his great-great niece through marriage. The 29-year-old, of Great Bernera, said: “To do what he did at a time like that is pretty incredible. I’m so glad I could be here with the Navy, but also with my great-aunt, standing shoulder-to-shoulder with the community – it was really quite an honour. “Every single village on the Isle of Lewis was affected by the disaster.“It is such a shame that people weren’t able to talk about it for decades afterwards. So it’s really incredible now that 100 years later the community can come together. ” .Artists Will Maclean, Marian Leven and Arthur Watson unveiled a work which bears the names of those lost and the communities they came from, as well as a bronze wreath composed of maritime insignia. Robert Mackinnon has served in the Coastguard for 25 years and his grandfather – after whom he is named – was among the survivors. The 56-year-old, of Tarbert, said: “I’m here today for two reasons – one is to lay a wreath on behalf of the Coastguard. “The second is my grandfather was a survivor of the Iolaire, who secured a rope and af
Stornoway and Harris
A visit to the Isle of Lewis in August 2009.
Stornoway and Harris.
Callanish Standing Stones.
Blackhouse Village at Carloway.
Scalpay.
Butt of Lewis.
Rodel.
The Lewis War Memorial
Film of the public lecture hosted by Stornoway Historical Society on Monday 29th October 2018, Council Chambers, Stornoway, Isle of Lewis. Guest speaker was Ken Galloway.
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The Iolaire Disaster: 201 men who lost their lives 50 yards from home
Margaret Ferguson, a Western-Isles based artist, is painting 100 portraits to honour the 201 Scottish men who lost their lives at sea in the Iolaire Disaster of 1919.
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Pics of Stornoway town, coastal Lewis and Harris
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Chris Walks the UK
I was setting up my Camera kit in Holm Village on Lewis to film on the Iolaire project I've been working on and I see this man and dog appearing from nowhere. I recognised him from a Social Media post a few days earlier as Chris Lewis. We had a wee chat and Chris very kindly agreed to stop for 5 mins and do a short Interview for me. What an Inspirational guy. Please support him and, If you see him on his travels, offer him some food, a hot drink and a friendly greeting If you can. x
Route W5 Stornoway - Portnaguran Time Lapsed
Evening run on service W5 from Stornoway to Portnaguran and back to Stornoway again.
Remembrance Day 2009
The Lewis War Memorial :
Every second man from Lewis joined up, in the Army, Royal Navy or Mercantile Marine.
Every sixth man who joined up did not return.
Two hundred lost their lives within sight of Stornoway Harbour, when their transport, H.M.Y. Iolaire, foundered on the Beasts of Holm on 1 January 1919.
The approximately 1,300 names listed here are ordered by the village from which the men last departed the island. There is no complete list of casualties, originating from the Isle of Lewis. Many lived away from the island by the time they joined up, whether it be elsewhere in the United Kingdom or overseas. Any reference to these men would have pointed to their last residence, with no obvious link to the island
Prince Charles leaves touching note at HMY Iolaire disaster memorial-Royal News
Only 82 of the 283 passengers on board the ship are believed to have survived when it crashed into rocks near Stornoway on the Isle of Lewis during the early hours of January 1, 1919. The men were returning home after surviving World War One. Prince Charles gave a reading and met with descendants of the victims. The Prince of Wales was with Nicola Sturgeon, who addressed crowds that gathered to the memorial site. They both laid wreaths at a monument overlooking the scene of the disaster along with emergency services and other organisations. A note left by him read: In special remembrance of your service and sacrifice..Ms Sturgeon said: As we welcome in the new year, today in Stornoway we rightly look back 100 years and remember those lost on the Iolaire - a tragedy that involved so many, so close to shore and, for most of the men, so close to home. We reflect on those who perished and how survivors, family, friends and the wider communities on Lewis, Harris and Berneray must have felt. It may have been a century ago but the legacy of the Iolaire will never be forgotten. I was honoured to be part of the commemorations and meet descendants..Prayers and moments of silence also ran through the event. A new sculpture was shown to Prince Charles. .It features a bronze depiction of a coiled heaving line, referencing the acts of John Finlay Macleod who swam out with a rope to rescue 40 of the 79 men who were saved. One of the wreath-bearers, Lt Alison Ross of the Royal Navy, is his great-great niece through marriage. She said: To do what he did at a time like that is pretty incredible.I'm so glad I could be here with the Navy, but also with my great-aunt, standing shoulder-to-shoulder with the community - it was really quite an honour. Every single village on the Isle of Lewis was affected by the disaster.It's such as shame that people weren't able to talk about it for decades afterwards. So it's really incredible now that 100 years later the whole community can come together. ”.The occasion ended with a diver taking a wreath to the site where the ship sank.
Sandwick Cemetary Stornoway