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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William Macleod, Marybank, Stornoway

Able Seaman WILLIAM MACLEOD
Last address in Lewis: Marybank, Stornoway
Service: Royal Naval Reserve, HMS Rawalpindi
Service number: D/5476D
Date of death: 23 November 1939 at the age of 26
Lost on HMS Rawalpindi, sunk in North Atlantic after engaging German battlecruisers Scharnhorst and Gneisenau
Originally from 14 Sheshader
Memorial: Plymouth Naval, panel 35, column 3
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Donald Macritchie, Marybank, Stornoway

Corporal DONALD MACRITCHIE
Dolly
Last address in Lewis: Marybank, Stornoway
Son of Catherine McRitchie, of Stornoway, Isle of Lewis.
Service: 7th Seaforth Highlanders
Service number: 2824107
Date of death: 6 August 1944 at the age of 28
Killed in action on the day Vire, Normandy, was taken
Interred: St Charles de Percy War Cemetery, grave VI. A. 12.
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John Murdo Nicolson, Marybank, Stornoway

Leading Seaman JOHN MURDO NICOLSON
Last address in Lewis: 3 Marybank, Stornoway
Son of John and Christina Nicholson, of Stornoway, Isle of Lewis; husband of Williamina Nicolson, of Stornoway.
Service: Royal Naval Reserve, HMS Rawalpindi
Service number: D/5685/D
Date of death: 23 November 1939 at the age of 36
Lost on HMS Rawalpindi, sunk in North Atlantic after engaging German battlecruisers Scharnhorst and Gneisenau
Originally from 36 Lower Bayble
Mentioned on family gravestone in Eye Cemetery, Lewis
Memorial: Plymouth Naval, panel 35, column 3
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Norman Maclean, Maryhill, Stornoway

Seaman NORMAN MACLEAN

Last address in Lewis: 3 Maryhill, Stornoway
Son of Murdo and Christina MacLean; husband of Marion MacLean, of Stornoway,
 Service: Royal Naval Reserve
Service number: LT/X7681/C
Date of death: 18 July 1940 at the age of 37
Killed in action on HMT Rinovia
Originally from 12 Swainbost
Interred: Haslar Royal Naval Cemetery, grave E. 53. 14

William Fraser, Bennadrove Road, Stornoway

Lance Corporal WILLIAM FRASER
Last address in Lewis: 7 Bennadrove Road, Stornoway
Son of Andrew and Mary Fraser, of Stornoway, Isle of Lewis.
Service: 5th Cameron Highlanders
Service number: 2939689
Date of death: 5 October 1944 at the age of 22
Presumed killed in Holland.
Fought from El Alamein to Tunis, then Sicily. Formally declared dead in October 1945.
Interred: Uden War Cemetery (Holland), grave 6. C. 13.
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