Military Cemetery At Kilchoman On Visit To Island Of Islay Inner Hebrides Scotland

Tour Scotland travel video clip, with Scottish music, of the military cemetery at Kilchoman, on ancestry visit to Island of Islay, Inner Hebrides. This is the final resting place of British crew members who died when H.M.S. Otranto sank in Machir Bay. HMS Otranto was a armed merchant cruiser requisitioned by the Royal Navy when World War I began in 1914. Serving as the convoy flagship for Convoy HX-50, Otranto departed New York on 28 September. On 6 October she collided with HMS Kashmir, another liner turned troopship, in poor visibility in the rough seas between the North East coast of Ireland and the Western Isles of Scotland. She was holed on the port side forward and, in the heavy swell, began to list. The stricken ship then hit rocks and became grounded. With the heavy seas pounding her continually against the rocks the ship eventually broke up and sank with the loss of 431 lives, 351 American troops and 80 British crew members. A number of Americans and crew were saved by a convoy escort, HMS Mounsey, and were taken to Belfast, Ireland. Many of the survivors were hospitalized there until eventual transfer to England. Probably none of the survivors saw action in the Great War as it ended soon afterwards on 11 November 1918. Many of the dead were buried in the Belfast City Cemetery, although a number of the British crew are buried on Islay (Inner Hebrides). The American servicemen were exhumed and repatriated to the United States in 1920. Otranto, armed merchant cruiser, damaged in collision on 5th, driven ashore on coast of SW Scotland on 6th, over 400 lives lost, including members of the US Navy and Army ACTON, Joseph, Greaser, MMR, 699685; AINDOW, John E, Trimmer, MMR, 927413; AUDLEY, John, Able Seaman, 202381; BARNES, George, Fireman; BARRETT, Henry W, Private, RMLI,; BARTON, William, Trimmer; BATTERSBY, Thomas, Corporal, BAXTER, Herbert, Trimmer; BELL, George, Shipwright; BENDER, Archibald P, Petty Officer; BOWLES, Horace W E, Signalman, RNVR; BRENNAN, James, Signalman; BROOKER, John R, Ordinary Seaman; BROWN, Peter, Ty/Engineer Lieutenant; BURNARD, John W H, Able Seaman; CALE, Edward C, Ordinary Seaman; CAMPBELL, George W, Trimmer; CAMPBELL, Thomas, Greaser; CAMPBELL, Thomas, Trimmer; CARTER, Frank, Trimmer; CHRISTIE, Stewart, Chief Baker; CLARE, William C, Fireman; CLARKSON, James W, Ty/Engineer Sub Lieutenant; COLE, George, Fireman; COOK, Joseph, Assistant Steward; COOMBS, John, Able Seaman; CORRAN, Arthur, Cook; DAVIDSON, Ernest G W, Captain; DEAS, John, Fireman; EDMONDS, Edwin E, Able Seaman; FALZON, Carmelo, Greaser; FORSYTH, James, Trimmer; FULLER, John, Able Seaman; GANNON, Charles, Trimmer; GIBBONS, Benjamin C, Ty/Midshipman; GILMOUR, George, Cook; GOODWIN, Thomas, Able Seaman; GORDON, Alex-, Carpenter; GOTT, Oswald, Leading Seaman; GREENWOOD, Henry J, Petty Officer; GREER, Arthur, Trimmer; HACKING, Charles, Ship's Cook; Oswald P, Ty/Lieutenant; HANINGTON, James, Colour Sergeant; HAWORTH, Thomas H, Able Seaman; HEYES, John, Junior Reserve Attendant; HOGAN, James P, Trimmer; HULSE, William A, Chief Petty Officer; HUNTER, George, Fireman; JOHNSON, Norman J, Plumber; KENT, Benjamin G R, Ty/Lieutenant; KETT, Ernest C, Ty/Engineer Lieutenant; KNOWLES, Charles, Storekeeper; KURINSKY, Maurice, Trimmer; LAHIVE, Frederick J, Petty Officer; LAURENCE, Charles, Assistant Baker; LAWSON, Daniel W, Chief Armourer; LEWITT, Benjamin, Surgeon; LUND, Arthur, Trimmer, MMR; MAKINSON, George E, Carpenter's Mate; MCKEOWN, Chris, Trimmer; MIDDLEBROOK, Arthur T, All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.

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