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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Hugh John Smith, Sandwick Park, Stornoway

Seaman HUGH JOHN SMITH
Hugh Kady
Last address in Lewis: 13 Sandwick Park, Stornoway
Service: United States Mercantile Marine
Date of death: 23 February 1943 at the age of 19
Lost on Panamanian tanker Winkler sunk by U-223
Local memorial: Lewis War Memorial

John Campbell, Sandwick Park, Stornoway

Gunner JOHN CAMPBELL
Kyler
Last address in Lewis: 10 Sandwick Park, Stornoway
Son of Malcolm and Marion Campbell, of Stornoway, Isle of Lewis.
Service: Ross Mountain Battery, 203 Bty. 51 Anti-Tank Regt.
Service number: 852171
Date of death: between 10 and 12 June 1940 at the age of 21
Killed in action at St Valery
Memorial: Dunkirk, column 11
Local memorial: Lewis War Memorial

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

Atholl Maclean, Westview Terrace, Stornoway

Lieutenant ATHOLL MACLEAN
Last address in Lewis: 7 Westview Terrace, Stornoway
Son of Hector Henry and Daisy Miriam McLean, of Falkirk, Stirlingshire.
Service: Royal Artillery, 84 Anti-Tank Regt.
Service number: 145580
Date of death: 5 November 1942 at the age of 22
Interred: Alexandria (Hadra) War Memorial Cemetery, grave 4. B. 11
Killed in action at El Alamein

Aulay Macdonald, 4 Westview Terrace, stornoway

Second Engineer AULAY MACDONALD
Last address in Lewis: 4 Westview Terrace, Stornoway
Service: Merchant Navy
Date of death: 17 November 1940 at the age of 40
Lost on SS Widestone sunk by U-184, which was sunk itself 4 days later

William A Maciver, Westview Terrace, Stornoway

Private WILLIAM A MACIVER
Last address in Lewis: 3 Westview Terrace, Stornoway
Son of Alexander John MacIver and of Annie MacIver (nee Darch), of Toronto, Ontario.
Service: Royal Hamilton Light Infantry (Canada), RCIC
Service number: B/133413
Date of death: 25 July 1944 at the age of 21
Killed in action in Normandy
Interred: Bretteville-sur-Laize Canadian War Cemetery, grave XII. A. 14
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Murdo Macdonlad, Stag Road, Stornoway

Sergeant MURDO MACDONALD
Last address in Lewis: 3 Stag Road, Stornoway
Son of John MacDonald, and of Annie MacDonald, of Stornoway, Isle of Lewis.
Service: 2nd Royal Tank Regiment, R.A.C.
Service number: 7885042
Date of death: 21 November 1941 at the age of 26
Killed in action in the Middle East
Memorial: Alamein, column 21
Local memorial: Lewis War Memorial
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Neil Murdo Stewart, Seaview Terrace, Stornoway

Greaser NEIL MURDO STEWART
Last address in Lewis: 39 Seaview Terrace, Stornoway
Son of Murdo and Mary Stewart of Stornoway; husband of Jessie M. Stewart, of Stornoway.
Service: Merchant Navy
Date of death: 14 August 1944 at the age of 51
Died in Liverpool of illness contracted whilst serving on MV Hyacinth
Interred: Sandwick Cemetery, section L, grave 2416

Donald Macleod, Seaview Terrace, Stornoway

Able Seaman DONALD MACLEOD
Last address in Lewis: 8 Seaview Terrace, Stornoway
Service: Merchant Navy
Date of death: 11 March 1943 at the age of 26
Lost on MV Empire Impala sunk by U-591 in gale
Local memorial: Lewis War Memorial

Donald Murray, Seaforth Road, Stornoway

Corporal DONALD MURRAY
Last address in Lewis: 103 Seaforth Road, Stornoway
Service: 8th Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders
Service number: 827054
Date of death: 29 November 1942 at the age of 29
Died of wounds in North Africa
Interred: Medjez-el-Bab War cemetery, grave 5. B. 7
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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JOhn MUrdo Macleod, Seaforth Road, Stornoway

Seaman JOHN MURDO MACLEOD
Last address in Lewis: 93 Seaforth Road, Stornoway
Service: Royal Navy Patrol Service
Date of death: 23 December 1943 at the age of 36
Died of TB after being invalided out in 1940
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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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Neil M Campbell, Seaforth Road, Stornoway

Private NEIL M CAMPBELL
Last address in Lewis: 42 Seaforth Road, Stornoway
Service: Seaforth Highlanders
Date of death: 29 December 1944 at the age of 22
Died of TB after being invalided out
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