Donald Macleod, 17 Portnaguran

Seaman DONALD MACLEOD
Last address in Lewis: 17 Portnaguran
Son of Murdo and Barbara McLeod;
Husband of Margaret McLeod, of Stornoway.
Service: Royal Navy, HMS Drake
Service number: D/5751D
Date of death: 20 October 1945 at the age of 46
Died in hospital at Invergordon
Interred: Eye Cemetery, sec K., grave 3.

Donald Graham, 41 Lower Garrabost

Company Sergeant-Major DONALD GRAHAM
Last address in Lewis: 41 Lower Garrabost
Son of Donald and Catherine Graham
Husband of Mary Graham, of Ardersier, Inverness-shire.
Service: 10th Highland Light Infantry (City of Glasgow Regiment)
Service number: 1662520
Date of death: 19 June 1945 at the age of 42
Killed by landmine in Germany
Interred: Hamburg Cemetery, grave 3A. A1. 13.
Local memorial: Point, Garrabost

Norman Angus Macleod, Plantation Road, Stornoway

Radio Officer NORMAN ANGUS MACLEOD
Last address in Lewis: 12 Plantation Road, Stornoway
Son of Malcolm and Mary Ann MacLeod; husband of Myra R. MacLeod, of Corton, Wiltshire.
Service: Post Office
Date of death: 24 February 1945 at the age of 30
Lost off PO Cable Ship Alert in English Channel.
Left wife and 3 children
Interred: Calais Southern Cemetery, plot S, grave 6
Mentioned on family gravestone in Ardroil Cemetery, Lewis
Local memorial: Lewis War Memorial

Donald Morrison, James Street, Stornoway

Flight Sergeant DONALD MORRISON
Last address in Lewis: 20 James Street, Stornoway
Husband of Mary Morrison, of Stornoway, Isle of Lewis.
Service: Royal Air Force Voluntary Reserve, 625 Sqdn
Service number: 1569430
Date of death: 3 April 1945 at the age of 33
Killed in action over Belfast
Interred: Leopoldsburg War Cemetery

Daniel Macleman, Manor Farm, Stornoway

Flight Sergeant DANIEL MCLEMAN

Last address in Lewis: Manor Farm, Stornoway
Son of James McLeman (Fraserburgh) and Catherine Anne McLeod (2 Benside)
Service: Royal Air Force Voluntary Reserve
Service number: 1565046
Date of death: 7 September 1945 at the age of 22
Missing in 357 Sq Dakota

Murdo Macaulay, Sandwick

MURDO MACAULAY
Last address in Lewis: 23 East Street, Sandwick
Service: Merchant Navy
Date of death: 1945
Drowned at St Malo
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His brother Duncan Alexander was lost in action in Holland in January 1945.

Duncan Alexander Macaulay, Sandwick

Corporal DUNCAN ALEX MACAULAY
Last address in Lewis: 7 East Street, Sandwick
Service: 7th Cameron Highlanders
Service number: 3249793
Date of death: 19 January 1945 at the age of 27
Killed in action near Sittard, Holland.
Took out machinegun post alone, but was shot by sniper
Mentioned on family gravestones in the cemeteries at Eye and Sandwick, Lewis
Local memorial: Lewis War Memorial
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His brother Murdo was drowned at St Malo later in 1945.


Gravestone in Eye Cemetery


Gravestone in Sandwick Cemetery

John Hepburn, Holm

Leading Bombardier JOHN HEPBURN
Last address in Lewis: 9 Holm
Service unit: Ross Mountain Battery, 203 Bty. 51 Anti-Tank Regt.
Service number: 820666
Date of death: 20 March 1945 at the age of 33
Died at Nuremberg on march home.
Was POW after St Valery in Stalag VIIIB
Interred: Durnbach War Cemetery, grave 5. F. 7
Local memorial: Lewis War Memorial
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John William Mackenzie, Cross Street, Coulregrein

Galley boy JOHN WILLIAM MACKENZIE
Last address in Lewis: 22 Cross Street Coulregrein
Service unit: Merchant Navy, SS Samvern
Date of death: 18 January 1945 at the age of 19
Lost on ship mined in River Scheldt
Memorial: Tower Hill, panel 91
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Donald Macdonald, Perceval Road, Coulregrein

Seaman DONALD MACDONALD
Last address in Lewis: 3 Perceval Road, Coulregrein
Service unit: Merchant Navy, SS Empire Concourse
Date of death: 15 July 1945 at the age of 29
Lost on ship which ran aground on Grassholm Island in a gale

Murdo Buchanan, Perceval Road, Coulregrein

Major MURDO BUCHANAN
Last address in Lewis: 1 Perceval Road, Coulregrein
Son of Dr. Murdo Buchanan, M.B., Ch.B., and of Jeanie G. Buchanan, of Castleton, Argyllshire. M.B., Ch.B., D.P.H.
Service unit: Royal Army Medical Corps
Service number: 221587
Date of death: 12 August 1945 at the age of 29
Died at Madras. Was a doctor
Interred: Madras War Cemetery, Chennai, grave 7. F. 6

Donald Munro, Benside

Serjeant DONALD MUNRO
Last address in Lewis: 15 Benside
Service:   5th Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders
Service number: 2934175
Date of death: 25 March 1945 at the age of 25
Interred: Reichswald Forest Cemetery, grave 60. F. 13
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