a of the ss tuscania and hms otranto. 100 years ago, war‘s grim tide swept this coastline. as the island of islay‘s sons fought away on the western front, at home their families could not escape the conflict. the carnage came to them, in two separate shipping disasters. this is the almost forgotten story of how islay cope with mass casualties in the first world war. to wake up in the morning going out to a day's work and to be ending up with this tragedy and all these dead bodies about, must have been horrific. islay‘s small community share the grief of an emerging superpower and one enduring respect. the fact that they so lovingly cared for the soldiers and cared to make