Calbost / Calabost

Seaman DUGALD KENNEDY
Last known address in Lewis: 2 Calbost
Son of Donald and Kate MacKay Kennedy
Service unit: Royal Naval Reserve, HMS Clan MacNaughton
Service number: 5424A
Date of death: 3 February 1915 at the age of 17
Drowned in sinking of ship
Memorial: Chatham Naval Memorial, panel 14
Village memorial: Pairc, Kershader
Lewis War Memorial: Parish of Lochs, Park division, panel 2
Had survived sinking of the Hermes, drowned in sinking of the Clan MacNaughton

Private MURDO SMITH
Last known address in Lewis: 5 Calbost
Son of Allan and Ann Smith
Service unit: 2nd Gordon Highlanders
Service number: 3/7385
Date of death: 2 December 1916 at the age of 19
Killed in action at Puchevillers
Village memorial: Pairc, Kershader
Lewis War Memorial: Parish of Lochs, Park division, panel 2

Private ANGUS MACKAY
Last known address in Lewis: 7 Calbost
Son of Kenneth and Ann Mackay, husband of Jessie Mackay of Inver Inn, Fearn, Ross-shire
Service unit: 12th Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders
Service number: S/16380
Date of death: 9 August 1918 at the age of 35
Interred: Salonika (Lembet Road) Cemetery, grave 1126

Seaman DONALD MORRISON
Last known address in Lewis: 9 Calbost
Son of Angus Morrison and Isabella Macdonald
Service unit: Royal Naval Reserve, HMS Invincible
Service number: 2491B
Date of death: 31 May 1916
Lost at the Battle of Jutland.
Memorial: Chatham Naval Memorial, panel 18
Village memorial: Pairc, Kershader
Lewis War Memorial: Parish of Lochs, Park division, panel 2
Went through the battles at Falklands and Coronel

Seaman NEIL MORRISON
Last known address in Lewis: 9 Calbost
Son of John and Marion Morrison
Service unit: Royal Naval Reserve, HMS Clan MacNaughton
Service number: 3878/A
Date of death: 3 February 1915 at the age of 22
Drowned in sinking of ship
Village memorial: Pairc, Kershader
Lewis War Memorial: Parish of Lochs, Park division, panel 2
Was a survivor of the sinking of the Hermes

Seaman MURDO NICOLSON
Murchadh, Coinneach Mhurchaidh
Last known address in Lewis: 11 Calbost
Son of Kenneth and Catherine Nicolson, married to Isabella Macleod, and had 9 children
Service unit: Royal Naval Reserve, HMD Laurel Crown
Date of death: 22 June 1916 at the age of 45
Died in mining of ship in the North Sea
Village memorial: Pairc, Kershader
Lewis War Memorial: Parish of Lochs, Park division, panel 2

Lance-Corporal DUGALD MACLEOD
Last known address in Lewis: 13 Calbost
Son of Alexander and Annabella Macleod
Service unit: 2nd Gordon Highlanders
Service number: 3/5621
Date of death: 29 September 1917 at the age of 25
Discharged home and died there
Interred: Gravir Cemetery, New Ground, on East boundary
Village memorial: Pairc, Kershader
Lewis War Memorial: Parish of Lochs, Park division, panel 2
Medals: Mons Star
Was twice wounded, lastly at Ypres.
Stornoway Gazette tribute

Private RODERICK KENNEDY
Last known address in Lewis: 14 Calbost
Son of Murdo and Ann Kennedy
Service unit: 1st Cameron Highlanders
Service number: 3/5538
Date of death: 25 January 1915 at the age of 18
Killed in action at La Bassee
Memorial: Le Touret Memorial, Panel 41 and 42
Village memorial: Pairc, Kershader
Lewis War Memorial: Parish of Lochs, Park division, panel 2
Medals: Mons Star