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Benside / Beinn na Saighde

Private MALCOLM MACRITCHIE
Last known address in Lewis: 3 Benside
Son of John and Alexina McRitchie
Service unit: 1st Seaforth Highlanders
Service number: 317335
Date of death: 8 November 1917 at the age of 27
Killed in action
Interred: Baghdad (North Gate) War Cemetery, grave X. C. 10
Lewis War Memorial: Parish of Stornoway, Burgh & Central division, panel 5


Chief Petty Officer ANGUS MACDONALD
Last known address in Lewis: 10 Benside
Service unit: Royal Navy
Date of death: 25 January 1917
Drowned
Lewis War Memorial: Parish of Stornoway, Burgh & Central division, panel 4
Also listed as Died in hospital

Seaman JOHN MACDONALD
Last known address in Lewis: 10 Benside
Service unit: Royal Naval Reserve
Date of death: (not known)
Died in hospital in Glasgow
Lewis War Memorial: Parish of Stornoway, Burgh & Central division, panel 4

Deckhand ANGUS MACLEOD
Last known address in Lewis: 12 Benside
Service unit: Royal Navy, HMS Pembroke
Service number: 19984/DA
Date of death: 27 March 1920
Died of illness
Interred: Sandwick Cemetery, Old Ground, Northwest, grave 357
Lewis War Memorial: Parish of Stornoway, Burgh & Central division, panel 4

Corporal ANGUS MACLEOD
Last known address in Lewis: 13 Benside
Son of Norman and Mary Macleod
Service unit: A Coy. 1st Seaforth Highlanders
Service number: 10402
Date of death: 22 April 1916 at the age of 27
Killed in action in Mesopotamia
Memorial: Basra Memorial, Panel 37 and 64
Lewis War Memorial: Parish of Stornoway, Burgh & Central division, panel 4

Private NORMAN MACLEOD
Last known address in Lewis: 13 Benside
Son of Norman and Mary Macleod
Service unit: 1st Seaforth Highlanders
Service number: 3/7127
Date of death: 20 December 1914 at the age of 19
Killed in action in France
Memorial: Le Touret Memorial, panel 38 and 39
Lewis War Memorial: Parish of Stornoway, Burgh & Central division, panel 5

Leading Seaman JOHN MACIVER
Last known address in Lewis: 15 Benside
Also known at 2 Borve
Service unit: Mercantile Marine, SS Main
Service number: 3767/A
Date of death: 9 October 1917 at the age of 32
Ship sunk by UC-75 near Luce Bay.
Memorial: Portsmouth Naval Memorial, panel 27
Stornoway Gazette tribute

Seaman JOHN MURRAY
Last known address in Lewis: 23 Benside
Service unit: Mercantile Marine
Date of death: 26 September 1916 at the age of 25
Drowned in an accident at Port Arthur, Texas
Lewis War Memorial: Parish of Stornoway, Burgh & Central division, panel 5

Private MURDO MONTGOMERY
Last known address in Lewis: 24 Benside
Son of Christina Montgomery
Service unit: 43rd Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment)
Service number: 153625
Date of death: 15 May 1916 at the age of 26
Killed in action in France
Interred: Railway Dugouts Burial Ground, grave VI. G. 16.
Lewis War Memorial: Parish of Stornoway, Burgh & Central division, panel 5


Gunner JOHN CAMPBELL
Last known address in Lewis: 28 Benside
Son of Donald and Mary Campbell
Service unit: Royal Naval Reserve, HMS Pembroke
Service number: 3020/A
Date of death: 19 August 1917 at the age of 25
Died in hospital
Interred: Aignish / Eye Cemetery, grave D. 3. 69
Lewis War Memorial: Parish of Stornoway, Burgh & Central division, panel 3
Stornoway Gazette tribute

Private ALEXANDER DONALD GRAHAM
Last known address in Lewis: 34 Benside
Service unit: 2nd Seaforth Highlanders
Service number: 3/7329
Date of death: 25 April 1915 at the age of 19
Killed in action in France at Neuve Chapelle
Interred: Seaforth Cemetery, Cheddar Villa, B. 1. (Headstone "A" 21).
Lewis War Memorial: Parish of Stornoway, Burgh & Central division, panel 3

Private JOHN STEWART
Last known address in Lewis: 46 Benside
Son of John and Barbara Stewart
Service unit: 1st Gordon Highlanders
Service number: 3/5990
Date of death: 27 December 1915 at the age of 19
Killed in action in France
Interred: La Clytte Military Cemetery, grave I. C. 20
Lewis War Memorial: Parish of Stornoway, Burgh & Central division, panel 6

Private JAMES MACRAE
Last known address in Lewis: 49 Benside
Service unit: 7th Seaforth Highlanders
Service number: S/13263
Date of death: 12 October 1916 at the age of 42
Memorial: Thiepval Memorial, Pier and Face 15C
Lewis War Memorial: Parish of Stornoway, Burgh & Central division, panel 5


Private MURDO MONTGOMERY
Last known address in Lewis: 50 Benside
Son of Allan Montgomery
Service unit: 1st Gordon Highlanders
Service number: 3/5989
Date of death: 14 December 1914 at the age of 21
Killed in action in France
Memorial: Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Panel 38
Lewis War Memorial: Parish of Stornoway, Burgh & Central division, panel 5

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