so, this notebook that has survived since the otranto disaster, 90—odd pages of copperplate, handwritten descriptions. this is lieutenant vh kaufman. "body in a decayed state, falling to pieces." there were letters in his pocket. the detail with which he has written each one of these descriptions, of each of the bodies, seems to be a herculean piece of work. the people of islay buried almost 400 soldiers and sailors from the otra nto. they had more outside help this time, but this disaster still required the whole island to pull together. you only have to look at the photographs of the bodies to know that this was a real tragedy, involving real human beings. on a small island, where the size of the tragedy, you know, would seep into the soul. growing up on islay i neverfully

appreciated how significant this year of double disaster was. i think when certain generations died off, it was forgotten. this has been revived now, i really don't know what the effect will be on some people, because there were so many families touched by the whole thing. people, even in my home, rarely talked about it. there is one very visible memorial, built by the american red cross, just after the war, on the mull of 0a. the red cross felt like, since this area was away

from what was considered the theatre of war, for world war i, that there needed to be something there to remember the fallen soldiers. this was a little different. this was unique. this was a large event in the grand scheme of casualties for the united states in world war i. for hundreds of the americans who perished in these disasters, islay was only a temporarily place of burial. in keeping with american military tradition, their bodies were taken home after the war. except for one. private roy muncaster, whose family decided he should be left where the islanders laid him to rest. in georgia, the otranto dead are remembered in small towns across the state. just last year this memorial was unveiled in screven county, from where 2a of the deceased came. what was it about this story that touched your heart? just the sadness of knowing how

small this community is, in this county. and how young those boys were. i'm sure some of them lied about their age. and just knowing they had gone to tybee, seen the ocean for the first time, and having lost their lives at such a young age, and the fact that was hard on this little county. while some from this little county would never grow old, others must certainly did. rose thomison‘s great—uncle, donald cooper, survived the otranto. he was rescued by the mounsey and taken to belfast and onto the war. he never forgot his narrow escape off the coast of islay. he always told war stories

to my grandfather, but it wasn't until i was an adult that i really started to take notice about what he was saying about world war i. he had tojump from a sinking ship, did he ever talk about that? i remember him saying that. he just had to do what he had to do. so, you know. it was hard. he said it was very hard. it impacted him, because he still talked about it for years and years, if anybody would ask him about it, and his memory was still really very clear on it. even as he aged and aged and aged. donald cooper's life touched three centuries. he outlived everybody on the otranto, reaching the age of 104. when private donald cooper was laid to rest in this georgia cemetery, the sinking of the 0tranto passed from living memory into history. the same is true for the tuscania. but in this centenary year, there are people here in the united states and in scotland determined to make sure that these twin disasters and all those touched by them are not forgotten. this is a year to honour the victims, and to honour what islay did for those

in peril, a century ago. the actions of those people, a hundred years ago, rippled through time to affect me, a hundred years later. so it sort of tells me that we do make a difference. let's not forget the wonderful people of islay risked their own lives to save our young men. you know, i can imagine going out in a hurricane, freezing cold, and trying to save those young men's lives, taking the strangers into your home. and to me, it honours them, too. it was a huge contribution to the war effort at the time. but also to humanity as well, and i think our small and remarkable island played a big part in history, and it should be remembered. following op from yesterday severe

storms that brought flash flood fog the birmingham area today has been a quieter day. the early morning cloud burnt off we saw a few isolated thunderstorm, not as many as we have seenin thunderstorm, not as many as we have seen in the last 4 #40urs for sure, one of those was captured developing aren't the sussex area, these went on to affect southern parts, but we have seen storms in west wales, west england and cambridgeshire. the reason we are getting storms in the south that is because we are here in area of low pressure. we are not seeing storms develop in northern areas, generally that low cloud will drift back in from the north sea, becoming expansive in central and eastern scotland moving across england to reach eastern pars of wales. 0vernight muggy in some part, temperatures from most areas will stay up into double figurers,

tomorrow we could see further big storms across the south but there is doubt about how far north they get. they could say in the english champion. if they form southern most areas of seeing the downpours which could bring a risk of localised flash flooding. that low cloud burning back and most of us having dry weather with sunshine, feeling warm in that sunshine again, on wednesday there is a greater chance of seeing thunderstorms break out because pressure will be falling, so the air is more unstable. we will see them develop more wide live. some will be lively indeed. high pressure is still was, for northern ireland, the far north and for most of scotland, a dry day. on into thursday, a risk of a few showers breaking out, the cloud should be enough to allow hazy spells through, we are looking at further downpours that will tend to be concentrated in southern parts of the country.

temperatures between the downpours getting up again into the low 20s so feeling warm where the sunshine comes through. so yes, we will see further storm, also most concentrated in southern areas with time. there is a risks of them breaking out a bit further north as well. that is your weather. you're watching beyond one hundred days. first it's off, now it may be back on — the summit between the us and north korea is keeping everyone guessing. with just two weeks to go before the proposed date — officials are scrambling to get things back on track. delegations from both countries are meeting along korea's demilitarized zone — trying to hammer out a framework that will make the talks possible. no stranger to political drama, italy — and the eurozone — brace for more uncertainty as populist leaders fail to form a government. president trump joins americans to honour the military who died in service to their country. but for many us veterans, the call to duty now includes running for congress. also on the programme...

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