American Red Cross work in the Otranto disaster, when nearly 450 lives were lost. Funeral of 199 American soldiers, victims at Kilchoman, Islay, Scotland. Reading the funeral service at the graveside. The photograph gives a good idea of the bleak and rocky nature of the Islay coast. The coffins seen in the foregound were made on the spot by local workmen from such lumber as was available. Group of American army and Red Cross officers in the foreground

American Red Cross work in the Otranto disaster, when nearly 450 lives were lost. The Parish church and churchyard at Kilchoman, Islay, from which 199 bodies of American soldiers were buried on Oct. 11. In the background is Machric Bay, the scene of the disaster. The Otranto went ashore on a rocky headland, and was dashed to pieces. If the ship had veered a few points further toward the church tower, it would have beached on the sandy slope shown here, and the lives of most of those aboard, would have been saved

American Red Cross work in the Otranto disaster. Most impressive was the funeral of the American soldier victims held at Kulchoman, Islay, Scotland. On Friday Oct. 11, 199 bodies were buried here at a service attended by all the local population together with many American army, a navy and Red Cross officers

American Red Cross work in the Otranto disaster, when nearly 450 lives were lost, Funeral of the victims at Kilchoman, Islay, Scotland. Scene at the graveside: this service was held on October 11, over the bodies of 199 American soldiers whose bodies had been washed ashore on the bleak Scotch coast. The mourners included a number of survivors, together with American Military, naval and Red Cross officers and a large number of British military and naval people and scores of local inhabitants, most of whom had also been present, some months before, at the funerals of the victims of the Tuscania

American Red Cross work in the Otranto disaster, when nearly 450 lives were lost. Funeral of victims at Kilchoman, Islay, Scotland. The firing party: Sergeant C.A. McDonald of Galesburg, Ill., one of the survivors, is seen carrying the flag. Colonel Heaton-Ellis, the highest British military authority in Islay, is seen standing close to the flag. He had charge of all relief work on behalf of the British government in both the Tuscania and Otrante disasters

Burial of the American soldier victims of the Otranto disaster. At this ceremony, held on the afternoon of Oct. 11, 1919, bodies were laid to rest. The coffin nearest the camera contains the body of the brave Capt. of the Otranto. The chief mourners at the graveside were British and American military, naval and Red Cross officers. The burial place is at Kilchoman, Islay, at a spot overlooking the scene of the tragedy

Work of the American Red Cross in the Otranto disaster, when nearly 450 lives were lost. Distributing Red Cross supplies to the cottagers on the bleak coast of Islay, Scotland. The survivors exhausted by exposure and their battle with the elements, were put to bed in the best rooms that the hospitable Scotch cottagers had and were given freely everything in the larders. But within twenty-four hours, all the available food was eaten, and the Red Cross came to the rescue just in time, bringing quantities of food, twenty miles across terrible roads

American Red Cross work in the Otranto disaster, when nearly 450 lives were lost. Funeral of 199 American soldiers, victims at Kilchoman, Islay, Scotland. Reading the funeral service at the graveside. The photograph gives a good idea of the bleak and rocky nature of the Islay coast. The coffins seen in the foregound were made on the spot by local workmen from such lumber as was available. Group of American army and Red Cross officers in the foreground

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Title and notes from Red Cross caption card.
Photographer name or source of original from caption card or negative sleeve: A.R.C. London.
Group title: Otranto Disaster, England.
On caption card: D-178.
Data: Sent to divisions.
Date based on date of negatives in same range.
Gift; American National Red Cross 1944 and 1952.
General information about the American National Red Cross photograph collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.anrc
Temp note: Batch 21

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