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Alistair Robert Mackay, Marybank, Stornoway

Sergeant (W. Op/Obs) ALISTAIR ROBERT MACKAY
Last address in Lewis: Marybank, Stornoway
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Alexander MacKay; stepson of Annie MacKay (nee Macleod), of Stornoway.
Service: Royal Air Force Voluntary Reserve, 143 Sqdn
Service number: 979566
Date of death: 31 May 1942 at the age of 25
Lost on operations
His remains were recovered from sea near Islay
Interred: Sandwick Cemetery, section O, grave 1859
Local memorial: Lewis War Memorial
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Alistair Maclean Macleod, Seaforth Road, Stornoway

Signaller ALISTAIR MACLEAN MACLEOD
Last address in Lewis: 97 Seaforth Road, Stornoway
Service: Royal Naval Reserve
Service number: 769430
Date of death: 24 April 1944 at the age of 20
Lost when HMT Roode Zee was torpedoed by E-boat off Dungeness.
Vessel was Dutch.
Local memorial: Lewis War Memorial
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Alasdair Lewis Mackenzie, Kenneth Street, Stornoway

Pilot Officer ALASDAIR LEWIS MACKENZIE
CWGC website quotes name as Alasdair Leslie Mackenzie
Last address in Lewis: 29 Kenneth Street, Stornoway
Son of Murdo and Isabella M. MacKenzie, of Tain, Ross and Cromarty.
Service: Royal Air Force Voluntary Reserve
Service number: 159055
Awarded DFC
Date of death: 21 January 1944 at the age of 22
Lost on air ops with 51 Sq over Magdeburg
Interred: Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery, grave 8. H. 12

Neil Alistair Dewar, Church Street, Stornoway

Sub-Lieutenant NEIL ALISTER DEWAR
Last address in Lewis: 20 Church Street, Stornoway
Son of William and Isabelle Dewar, of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. B.A. (Winnipeg).
Service: Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve
Date of death: 4 August 1943 at the age of 27
Died when a ship exploded alongside his ship, HMS Arrow, in Algiers
Memorial: Portsmouth Naval, panel 80, column 1