5 June – HMS Hampshire sinks off Orkney, probably having struck a German mine, with the loss of 650 lives – including Lord Kitchener and his staff – and only 13 survivors.
25 July – North of Scotland Special Military Area declared, restricting access by non-residents to everywhere north of the Great Glen.[2]
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^"Wartime Travel Restriction". Glenmoriston. Retrieved 12 August 2015.
^FifeBirder (2009). "The History of the White Tailed Sea Eagle in Scotland". ScotBird. Archived from the original on 2 March 2012. Retrieved 21 August 2010.