The loss of HMY Iolaire on New Year’s morning 1919 was a bitter blow to the Isle of Lewis. Many Lewismen served in the Royal Navy during WW1. Hundreds of them were streaming home for demobilisation ...
The little Falkirkshire village of Slamannan was once a mighty powerhouse of mining and when the First World War came, its men heard the call but they also had to reckon with pit owners who laid men ...