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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Charles Kemble, Holm

Gunner CHARLES KEMBLE
Last address in Lewis: 9 Holm
Son of Charles and Margaret Kemble;
Husband of Phyllis Joan Kemble, of Tooting, Surrey.
Service unit: Royal Artillery, 268 Bty., 67 (2/5th Bn. The East Surrey Regt.) Anti-Tank Regt.
Service number: 1461706
Date of death: 13 August 1940 at the age of 21
Died when his base was bombed
Interred: Maidstone Cemetery, plot CC1, grave 74
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Kenneth Archibald Maciver, Holm

Pilot Officer KENNETH ARCHIBALD MACIVER
Last address in Lewis: 7 Holm
Son of Archibald and Mary McIver, of Merriwagga, New South Wales, Australia.
Service: Royal Australian Air Force
Service number: 412636
Date of death: 3 October 1943 at the age of 25
Interred: North Walsham New Cemetery, Sec. J.J.J. Grave 2.
Medal: DFC
Lost when his bomber ran out of fuel 20 miles off Beachy Head and crashed into the sea
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Alexander Mackay, Holm

Captain ALEXANDER MACKAY
Last address in Lewis: 6 Holm
Son of Hector and Isabella Mackay, of Stornoway, Isle of Lewis. B.Sc. (Glasgow).
Service unit: 7th Seaforth Highlanders
Service number: 189648
Date of death: 11 July 1944 at the age of 31
Killed in action in France near River Odon
Interred: Bayeux War Cemetery, grave XVIII. C. 6.
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