Iolaire Disaster

As some may know, I did a little research into a shipwreck that took place 2 miles south of Stornoway in January 1919. Some 205 sailors drowned when the admiralty yacht Iolaire foundered. I have compiled a list of names, and placed it on the Internet, as part of a webpage, dedicated to this tragedy. Every now and again, a story comes up, and this one is particularly poignant.

They all are.

My grandmother was due to marry William Head that very day. She was there wating for him.She gave birth to my mother six months later. Her life and my mother's life would have been very different if he had survived. I wondered whether it was a story, but his name is there (201). Thank you, We shall visit some time.