Last known address in Lewis: 1 Crowlista
Son of Donald and Catherine Nicolson
Service unit: 8th Seaforth Highlanders
Service number: S/17825
Date of death: 8 August 1917 at the age of 26
Died in hospital in France
Interred: Etaples Military Cemetery, grave XXII. O. 18
Village memorial: Uig, Timsgarry
Lewis War Memorial: Parish of Uig, West division, panel 3
Deckhand MURDO NICOLSON
Last known address in Lewis: 1 Crowlista
Son of Donald and Catherine Nicolson
Service unit: Royal Naval Reserve, HMML 10
Service number: 4258/SD
Date of death: 1 January 1919 at the age of 21
Drowned in sinking of HMY Iolaire, was never found
Memorial: Chatham Naval Memorial, panel 32
Village memorial: Uig, Timsgarry
Lewis War Memorial: Parish of Uig, West division, panel 3
Lance Sergeant JOHN MACDONALD
Last known address in Lewis: 2 Crowlista
Son of Donald Macdonald
Service unit: 1st Seaforth Highlanders
Service number: 9191
Date of death: 8 November 1914 at the age of 28
Killed in action
Memorial: Le Touret Memorial, Panel 38 and 39
Village memorial: Uig, Timsgarry
Lewis War Memorial: Parish of Uig, West division, panel 3
Seaman ANGUS MACDONALD
Last known address in Lewis: 6 Crowlista
Son of John Macdonald and Annie Macleod Macdonald
Service unit: Royal Naval Reserve, HMS Kent
Service number: 4554/A
Date of death: 1 January 1919 at the age of 31
Drowned in sinking of HMY Iolaire
Interred: Ardroil Cemetery, grave I. 24
Village memorial: Uig, Timsgarry
Lewis War Memorial: Parish of Uig, West division, panel 3
Took part in action against "Nurnberg" and "Dresden," off Falkland Islands.
Private PETER MACLEAN
Last known address in Lewis: 12B Crowlista
Son of Peter and Jane Maclean.
Service unit: 16th Australian Infantry
Service number: 6304
Date of death: 11 April 1917 at the age of 40
Killed in action in France
Memorial: Villers-Bretonneux Memorial
Village memorial: Uig, Timsgarry
Lewis War Memorial: Parish of Uig, West division, panel 3
Deckhand EWEN MACDONALD
Last known address in Lewis: 13 Crowlista
Service unit: Royal Naval Reserve, HMT John Gray
Service number: 19896DA
Date of death: 1 January 1919 at the age of 18
Drowned in sinking of HMY Iolaire
Interred: Ardroil Cemetery, grave V. 89
Village memorial: Uig, Timsgarry
Lewis War Memorial: Parish of Uig, West division, panel 3
Born at Callanish
Seaman MALCOLM MACKAY
Last known address in Lewis: 14B Crowlista
Son of Donald and Margaret MacKay
Service unit: Royal Naval Reserve, HMS Pembroke
Service number: 7699/A
Date of death: 1 January 1919 at the age of 26
Drowned in sinking of HMY Iolaire
Interred: Ardroil Cemetery, grave XI. 28
Village memorial: Uig, Timsgarry
Lewis War Memorial: Parish of Uig, West division, panel 3
Corporal MURDO MACKAY
Murchadh Dhomhnaill Neill
Last known address in Lewis: 14B Crowlista
Son of Donald and Margaret (nee Maclean). Husband of Margaret (nee Macritchie), father of Murdina
Service unit: 2nd Seaforth Highlanders
Service number: S/18043
Date of death: 28 March 1918
Killed in action
Memorial: Arras Memorial, bay 8
Lewis War Memorial: Parish of Uig, West division, panel 3
Petty Officer JOHN MACDONALD
Last known address in Lewis: 16 Crowlista
Son of Angus Macdonald; husband of Rachel Nicolson Macdonald
Service unit: Royal Naval Reserve, HMS Arrogant
Service number: 2554C
Date of death: 1 January 1919 at the age of 45
Drowned in sinking of HMY Iolaire, was never found
Memorial: Chatham Naval Memorial, panel 32
Village memorial: Uig, Timsgarry
Lewis War Memorial: Parish of Uig, West division, panel 3
Seaman DONALD MACDONALD
Last known address in Lewis: 20 Crowlista
Son of Donald and Margaret Macdonald
Service unit: Mercantile Marine, SS Windsor Hall
Service number: 3911/A
Date of death: 17 January 1918 at the age of 28
Ship sunk by torpedo
Memorial: Chatham Naval Memorial, panel 30
Village memorial: Uig, Timsgarry
Lewis War Memorial: Parish of Uig, West division, panel 3
Seaman PETER BUCHANAN
Last known address in Lewis: 23 Crowlista
Son of Donald and Christy Buchanan
Service unit: Royal Naval Reserve, HMS Pembroke
Service number: 7700/A
Date of death: 1 January 1919 at the age of 33
Drowned in sinking of HMY Iolaire, was never found
Memorial: Chatham Naval Memorial, panel 32
Village memorial: Uig, Timsgarry
Lewis War Memorial: Parish of Uig, West division, panel 2
Private ALEXANDER JAMES MACLEOD
Last known address in Lewis: 25 Crowlista
Also known at Ardroil
Son of Donald Alexander Macleod and of Julia F. Macleod, of 22, Forest Rd. Edinburgh. Born at Glasgow.
Service unit: Yorkshire & Lancashire Regiment
Service number: 33545
Date of death: 24 May 1918 at the age of 23
Died suddenly at Sunderland
Interred: Glasgow (Eastwood) Cemetery, Sp Mem
Village memorial: Uig, Timsgarry and Nicolson Institute WW1, middle panel
Lewis War Memorial: Parish of Uig, West division, panel 3
Shellshocked in France in March 1918. Alternative Commemoration - buried in Glasgow (Sighthill) Cemetery.
Peter Maclean (my great uncle) was only 37 when he got killed. He left Scotland in 1908 to mine for gold in Kargoolie NSW. He joined up with the 4th Aus Reg on the outbreak of WW1 and ended up in France. His brother Roderick (my grandfather) served in the 7th Seaforths and the two of them met up for the 1st time in 9 years one morning in the trenches. By that afternoon heavy fighting broke out and both regiments took heavy casualty's. My grandfather spent the whole night looking for Peter calling to him gaelic. When morning came he found him but he was dead. That very same day back home in Crowlista, my grandmother had given birth to my Uncle Neil. It must have been some day for my Grandfather to lose a brother and gain a son at the same time.
ReplyDeleteRoddy M Maclean