In Pictures: Moving tribute to WW1 soldiers lost at sea off Islay
In Pictures: Moving tribute to WW1 soldiers lost at sea off Islay
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The Princess Royal lays a wreath during the commemoration service (Jane Barlow/PA)
A service has been held at sea to remember around 700 First World War soldiers who lost their lives in the sinking of two US ships off the coast of a small Scottish island.
The SS Tuscania and HMS Otranto sunk off the coast of Islay within eight months of each other in 1918.
Almost a century on, the British, US, French and Germany navies paid their respects to the dead in a ceremony above the wreck of the Tuscania.
Aboard HMS Raider on Thursday, Rev Dr Karen Campbell, national chaplain of the Royal British Legion Scotland, led a service while a wreath was laid at sea by Lord George Robertson of Port Ellen, whose grandfather was the police sergeant on Islay and dealt with the aftermath of the sinkings.
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