Scotland's Great War

Unofficially commemorating First World War Centenary in Scotland. Views own & not that of any organisation. Will also tweet or RT interesting FWW/ WW1 100 news

[The Glasgow Academy Archive @TGAArchive]

#EasterHolidays done so here’s one for @ARAScot #unusualitem
#WW1 Shako with insignia & silk cordage (sadly missing the horsehair plume) in tin case by Hobsons. Cpt James "J Buchanan Ramsey 7th Battn Scottish Rifles" Can anyone help us find out more? #ArchiveMystery
#Archive30

[History & Politics | King Edward's School @KESBathHistory]

When you’re discussing #WW1 Theatres of War and one of your Year 9 students bakes this cake to help illustrate the Gallipoli front. Amazing work Katie! #bitesizedhistory #KESBathLearning

[Battle of Jutland Crew Lists @JutlandRemember]

Battle of Jutland Crew Lists Project

Estimated RN Personnel at battle = 59,821

Names confirmed 53,532 (89.49%)

Names to check 2,237 (3.74%)

Names to find 4,052 (6.77%)

Project projection 55,769 (93.23%)

Status by ship:
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[Iain Anderson @IainGAnderson]

Moving service at @CWGC Lyness cemetery on Hoy to remember German casualties who died 100 years ago during scuttling of German fleet at Scapa flow Orkney . @OrkneyCouncil @RNinScotland @Volksbund

[Lorna Gordon @bbclornag]

The lowering of the flag at the time the scuttle started #scapa100 #Orkney #scapa

[National Museums Scotland @NtlMuseumsScot]

#OnThisDay 100 years ago, the entire German Fleet was scuttled in the Scapa Flow in Orkney.
This painting is an eyewitness account - find out more about the painting and the events of the day at https://t.co/X8wZ8HbUan

[Iain Anderson @IainGAnderson]

German graves at Lyness cemetery maintained by @CWGC for @Volksbund and German people.#Orkney

[Orkney Library @OrkneyLibrary]

Watch this short video featuring an interview with Kitty Tait, one of the schoolchildren aboard the Flying Kestrel who witnessed the scuttling of the German High Seas Fleet in Scapa Flow, 100 years ago today. #Scapa100 #OTD #Orkney

[Orkney Library @OrkneyLibrary]

We've created a Twitter moment with all our tweets about the 100th Anniversary of the scuttling of the High Seas Fleet in Scapa Flow: ⚡️ “The Scuttling of the German Fleet #Scapa100”

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[Orkney Library @OrkneyLibrary]

Pupils from Stromness school were sailing around the fleet aboard the Flying Kestrel as portholes and seacocks were opened, valves smashed and the ships began to sink or overturn. Before abandoning their foundering ships the crews hoisted the flag of the German Navy. #Scapa100

[David Blanchard @Blanch6144]

Unveiling ceremony of Theipval Memorial to the Missing 1932

[NLS Map Collections @natlibscotmaps]

#0TD 1919 the commander of the German Fleet, interned in Scapa Flow, #Orkney, gave the order to scuttle the fleet, and 52 warships were sunk. The wrecks are shown on this Admiralty Chart of 1923. https://t.co/TBnvvX94C6 #maps #ScapaFlow

[Orkney Uncovered @OrkneyUncovered]

100 years ago today, the German High Seas Fleet was scuttled in Scapa Flow.

52 ships of a total 74 sank beneath the waves.

9 German sailors died.
Lest We Forget.

[BBC Scotland News @BBCScotlandNews]

On this day, 100 years ago, 52 German warships were sunk at Scapa Flow after a German commander refused to let his ships become the spoils of war https://t.co/91sjhhpPTb

[Scotland's Great War @ScotlandGW100]

@Fraser_inAu @OrkneyLibrary The fate of the Emden in 1914 is quite a tale. Not just its war service, giving the run-around to scores of Allied ships across the Indian Ocean but the fate of its crew who escaped the grounding and capture and made their way across the globe to get home.

[Orkney Library @OrkneyLibrary]

Meanwhile pupils at the nearby school in Stromness were getting excited about an upcoming school trip. On Saturday 21st June they going to board a local tug called the Flying Kestrel in Stromness harbour and sail out into Scapa Flow to see the German fleet up close. #Scapa100

[Scapa 100 @Scapa100]

"June 21st brought marvellous spring weather with radiant sunshine, clear air and no wind. Scapa Flow was for once really beautiful. The only thing that did not harmonize with all this was the fact that it was a critical day of the first order."
Friedrich Ruge 'Scapa Flow 1919'.

[SCRAN @Scranlife]

100 years ago the impounded German High Seas Fleet were scuttled at Scapa Flow Orkney - the intention to prevent the Allies acquiring the ships but some were salvageable

By the end the day, 52 ships were at the bottom of the sea #Scapa100

@scotsonscreen
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[Bob Thomson @BobAlbyn]

Superb! We will soon have one flying in Scotland.

[Nader Habash @nader_habash]

Today we remember these two private Seaforth highlanders lie buried in @CWGC #Ramleh war cemetery #LestWeForget #OurWorkContinues #wearecwgc