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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Effie Nicolson, Sandwick Park, Stornoway

Volunteer EFFIE NICOLSON
Last address in Lewis: 3 Sandwick Park, Stornoway
Date of death: 13 March 1944 at the age of 52
Died of natural causes at Whitley Bay

Murdo Nicolson, Seaforth Road, Stornoway

Able Seaman MURDOCH NICOLSON
Last address in Lewis: 46 Seaforth Road, Stornoway
Service: Canadian Merchant Navy
Date of death: 11 July 1943 at the age of 30
Lost when SS California was bombed off Portugal
Memorial: Halifax, panel 23
Local memorial: Lewis War Memorial
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Angus Nicolson, Battery Park Road, Stornoway

Sailor ANGUS NICOLSON
Last address in Lewis: 8 Battery Park Road, Stornoway
Son of Angus and Christina Nicolson, of Stornoway, Isle of Lewis;
Husband of Christina Nicolson, of Stornoway.
Service: Merchant Navy, SS Stancliffe
Lost in sinking of ship, torpedoed by U-37
Date of death: 12 August 1940 at the age of 24
Mentioned on family gravestone in Sandwick Cemetery, Lewis
Memorial: Tower Hill, panel 101

His brother Murdo was lost at sea in October 1940

Murdo Nicolson, Battery Park Road, Stornoway

Leading Seaman MURDO NICOLSON

Last address in Lewis: 8 Battery Park Road [formerly Lighthouse Street], Stornoway
Son of Angus and Christina Nicolson, of Stornoway, Isle of Lewis.
Service: Royal Naval Reserve, HMT Waveflower
Service number: LT/X1817A
Date of death: 22 October 1940 at the age of 28
Lost off HMT Waveflower, which struck a mine off Aldeburgh
Memorial: Lowestoft Naval, panel 2, column 1
Mentioned on family gravestone in Sandwick Cemetery, Lewis
Local memorial: Lewis War Memorial

His brother Angus was lost at sea in August 1940.

Murdo Dan Nicolson, Guershader

Seaman MURDO DAN NICOLSON
Last address in Lewis: 13 Guershader
Son of Murdo and Isabel Nicolson
Service unit: Merchant Navy, SS Otaio
Date of death: 28 August 1940 at the age of 25
Ship sunk by U-558
Memorial: Tower Hill, panel 77
Local memorial: Lewis War Memorial