http://www.orkneycommunities.co.uk/KIRKWALLRBL/rssnews.asp Kirkwall Royal British Legion | News Today is the centenary of the death in France of William Cromarty of South Ronaldsay.  William was the first of the three American Orcadians remembered on Orkney War Memorials to die in France.&n http://www.orkneycommunities.co.uk/KIRKWALLRBL/news.asp?id=96853 http://www.orkneycommunities.co.uk/KIRKWALLRBL/news.asp?id=96853 Tue, 11 Sep 2018 00:00:00 GMT The new Orkney hospital is close to completion and a new era beckons for medical treatment in the county.  It is one of the few long-term benefits of modern warfare that it has driven both signif http://www.orkneycommunities.co.uk/KIRKWALLRBL/news.asp?id=95850 http://www.orkneycommunities.co.uk/KIRKWALLRBL/news.asp?id=95850 Fri, 29 Jun 2018 00:00:00 GMT Today is the centenary of the death in Flanders of James T Sutherland of Flotta.  James was a gunner in an artillery battery supporting French troops driven off Mont Kemmel that day.  On 25t http://www.orkneycommunities.co.uk/KIRKWALLRBL/news.asp?id=94971 http://www.orkneycommunities.co.uk/KIRKWALLRBL/news.asp?id=94971 Wed, 25 Apr 2018 00:00:00 GMT On Anzac Day, 25th April, in 2009 a four man delegation from Kirkwall Royal British Legion visited St Olaf's Cemetery.  They laid crosses provided by the National Army Museum at Waiouru in Ne http://www.orkneycommunities.co.uk/KIRKWALLRBL/news.asp?id=94970 http://www.orkneycommunities.co.uk/KIRKWALLRBL/news.asp?id=94970 Wed, 25 Apr 2018 00:00:00 GMT Today is the centenary of the death from wounds in Chatham Naval Hospital of Alfred Taylor of Finstown.  He was fatally wounded in the daring attempt to block the use of Zeebrugge harbour by&nbsp http://www.orkneycommunities.co.uk/KIRKWALLRBL/news.asp?id=94944 http://www.orkneycommunities.co.uk/KIRKWALLRBL/news.asp?id=94944 Tue, 24 Apr 2018 00:00:00 GMT Today is the centenary of the death in France of Lieutenant Frederick Neal Robertson of Walls.  Frederick was one of the three Orcadians killed on the third day of the German Lys Offensive in Apr http://www.orkneycommunities.co.uk/KIRKWALLRBL/news.asp?id=94731 http://www.orkneycommunities.co.uk/KIRKWALLRBL/news.asp?id=94731 Wed, 11 Apr 2018 00:00:00 GMT Today is the centenary of the start of the second German 1918 Spring Offensive, intended to defeat the British Expeditionary Force before significant American troops arrived in Europe.  The BEF h http://www.orkneycommunities.co.uk/KIRKWALLRBL/news.asp?id=94709 http://www.orkneycommunities.co.uk/KIRKWALLRBL/news.asp?id=94709 Mon, 9 Apr 2018 00:00:00 GMT More than 1,500 British Commonwealth nurses died while serving in the two World Wars.  While most are remembered on local war memorials, until now there has not been a national memorial which sho http://www.orkneycommunities.co.uk/KIRKWALLRBL/news.asp?id=94039 http://www.orkneycommunities.co.uk/KIRKWALLRBL/news.asp?id=94039 Mon, 26 Feb 2018 00:00:00 GMT About 400 Orcadians served in the Royal Navy during the Great War.  While a few served on the large warships of the Grand Fleet, research has shown that most spent the war years on the many small http://www.orkneycommunities.co.uk/KIRKWALLRBL/news.asp?id=92192 http://www.orkneycommunities.co.uk/KIRKWALLRBL/news.asp?id=92192 Wed, 1 Nov 2017 00:00:00 GMT Today is the centenary of the death at Passchendaele of young Robert Taylor of Flotta.  He had volunteered in summer 1915, joining the Royal Field Artillery.  Robert was soon commi http://www.orkneycommunities.co.uk/KIRKWALLRBL/news.asp?id=92036 http://www.orkneycommunities.co.uk/KIRKWALLRBL/news.asp?id=92036 Tue, 24 Oct 2017 00:00:00 GMT