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The Iolaire was packed with island men who could have sailed her home with ease

5 January 2019

9:00 AM

5 January 2019

9:00 AM

The centenaries of the Great War came to a close in November with commemorations of the 1918 Armistice. But one final British centenary associated with that conflict has just passed. Few people on the mainland will be aware of it, though it has certainly been marked in the Outer Hebrides.

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