Arctic Convoy navies celebrated at Loch Ewe as surviving veterans receive Arctic Star medal

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High on the hillside above Loch Ewe yesterday, 9th May 2013, the Gods smiled with sunshine, warmth Continue reading

70 years on – 40 Arctic Convoy veterans are returning to Loch Ewe

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The Russian Arctic Convoy Museum group at Loch Ewe in Wester Ross have announced Continue reading

2013 ringing programme for Inveraray Bell Tower

All Saints Bell Tower in Inveraray, visible for miles along the lochside, is the proud possessor Continue reading

Edinburgh Castle War Museum to do 10 month exhibition on Arctic Convoys

From the 24th May this year [2013] to March 2014, Edinburgh Castle War Museum Continue reading

Will Arctic Convoy Star Medal be limited to Brits?

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We ask this question because there are, amongst others, American veterans who sailed in the Arctic Convoys, Continue reading

BBC ALBA looks at development plans for Utøya island

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BBC ALBA’s award-winning current affairs programme, Eòrpa, is back tomorrow Continue reading

A Wren for a Wren at 70th anniversary of Gertrude Canning’s murder

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Four generations of the Irish Canning family – something like 40 people – were in Inveraray today Continue reading

Carnage as Castle House Museum sets up for Cockleshell Heroes exhibition

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Dunoon’s Castle House Museum made bizarre viewing on Saturday (16th June) as the body parts Continue reading

The Gertrude Canning Murder: facts, confusions and developments

Memorial to Gertrude Canning in Inveraray woods

At the end of June 1942, WREN Gertrude Canning was murdered and her body left in a ditch Continue reading

Tiny Wester Ross crofting community to honour WWII American servicemen

USA survivor Russell Ross (left) William H Welch Memorial with rescuer John Murdo MacKenzie

A tiny Scottish Highland crofting community are making a very big gesture of support for their friends Continue reading