Brenish / Breanais

Private KENNETH MACLEAN
Last known address in Lewis: 1 Brenish
Brother of Mrs D. Bethune, 18 Balfour Street, Leith, Scotland
Service unit: 2nd Battallion Auckland Regiment, New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Service number: 12/3714
Date of death: 3 October 1916 at the age of 33
Killed in action
Memorial: Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial
Village memorial: Uig, Timsgarry
Lewis War Memorial: Parish of Uig, West division, panel 3
Stornoway Gazette tribute


Private MALCOLM JOHN BUCHANAN
Last known address in Lewis: 11 Brenish
Service unit: 1st Cameron Highlanders
Service number: 3802
Date of death: 24 October 1914 at the age of 26
Killed in action in France
Memorial: Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, panel 38 and 40
Village memorial: Uig, Timsgarry
Lewis War Memorial: Parish of Uig, West division, panel 2


Seaman NEIL DONALD BUCHANAN
Last known address in Lewis: 11 Brenish
Son of Neil Buchanan
Service unit: Royal Naval Reserve, HMS Ganges
Service number: 4442/A
Date of death: 22 March 1917 at the age of 27
Died at home
Interred: Ardroil Cemetery, grave XV. 23.
Village memorial: Uig, Timsgarry
Lewis War Memorial: Parish of Uig, West division, panel 2


Private DONALD JOHN MORRISON
Last known address in Lewis: 17 Brenish
Son of Ewen and Christina Morrison
Service unit: 1st Canadian Infantry (Western Ontario Regiment)
Service number: 2355341
Date of death: 1 October 1918 at the age of 30
Killed in action in France, while attending wounded soldiers
Interred: Sancourt British Cemetery, grave I. B. 6.
Village memorial: Uig, Timsgarry
Lewis War Memorial: Parish of Uig, West division, panel 3
Stornoway Gazette tribute

Deckhand MURDO MACKINNON
Last known address in Lewis: 18 Brenish
Son of Cain and Christina Buchanan MacKinnon
Service unit: Royal Naval Reserve, HMD Eddy
Service number: 21209/DA
Date of death: 1 January 1919 at the age of 18
Drowned in sinking of HMY Iolaire
Interred: Ardroil Cemetery, grave XIC 9
Village memorial: Uig, Timsgarry
Had only been on service for 6 months


Seaman GEORGE MORRISON
Last known address in Lewis: 20 Brenish
Son of John and Marion Morrison
Service unit: Royal Naval Reserve, HMML 307
Service number: 3499/SD
Date of death: 1 January 1919 at the age of 20
Drowned in sinking of HMY Iolaire
Interred: Ardroil Cemetery, grave XI. 1.
Village memorial: Uig, Timsgarry
Lewis War Memorial: Parish of Uig, West division, panel 3
Had joined voluntarily early in the war


Seaman ANGUS MACLEOD
Last known address in Lewis: 29 Brenish
Youngest son of Donald and Catherine MacLeod
Service unit: Royal Naval Reserve, HMS Ganges / SS Navasoat
Service number: 3968/A
Date of death: 7 October 1918 at the age of 26
Died of pneumonia in Bootle
Interred: Ardroil Cemetery, grave I. 2. 31.
Lewis War Memorial: Parish of Uig, West division, panel 3
Also quoted as dying in London.


Sergeant PETER MACLEOD
Last known address in Lewis: 29 Brenish
Son of Donald and Catherine Macleod
Service unit: 13th Royal Highlanders of Canada.
Service number: 24202
Date of death: 24 April 1915 at the age of 28
Memorial: Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Panel 24 - 26 - 28 - 30
Lewis War Memorial: Parish of Uig, West division, panel 3
Went into firing line in February