A listing of casualties from the First World War from the Isle of Lewis.
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Park Carloway
Private DUNCAN MACKAY
Last known address in Lewis: 1 Park Carloway
Son of Norman and Catherine Mackay
Service unit: 2nd Seaforth Highlanders
Service number: 7443
Date of death: 18 June 1915 at the age of 18
Killed in action at Ypres
Interred: Bard Cottage Cemetery, grave VI. C. 8
Village memorial: Carloway
Lewis War Memorial: Parish of Uig, East division, panel 1
Had been at the front for only a few weeks
Private KENNETH MACARTHUR
Last known address in Lewis: 2 Park Carloway
Service unit: 8th Seaforth Highlanders
Service number: 3/6906
Date of death: 12 September 1916 at the age of 24
Died of wounds
Interred: Heilly Station Cemetery, Mericourt, grave IV. C. 12
Village memorial: Carloway
Lewis War Memorial: Parish of Uig, East division, panel 1
Stornoway Gazette tribute
Private JOHN PATERSON
Last known address in Lewis: 3 Park Carloway
Son of Norman and Margaret Paterson
Service unit: 5th Cameron Highlanders
Service number: 3/5297
Date of death: 18 July 1916 at the age of 21
Killed in action at the Somme
Memorial: Thiepval Memorial, Pier and Face 15B
Village memorial: Carloway
Lewis War Memorial: Parish of Uig, East division, panel 2
Sergeant MURDO PATERSON
Last known address in Lewis: 3 Park Carloway
Service unit: 16th Highland Light Infantry
Service number: 13734
Date of death: 4 November 1918 at the age of 26
Killed in action in France
Interred: Ors British Cemetery, grave B. 24
Village memorial: Carloway
Lewis War Memorial: Parish of Uig, East division, panel 2
Sergeant DONALD MACLEOD
Last known address in Lewis: 5 Park Carloway
Son of Donald and Catherine Macleod
Service unit: Cameron Highlanders
Service number: 3/5398
Date of death: 12 October 1917 at the age of 23
Died of wounds
Interred: Tyne Cot Cemetery, grave L.II C.12
Village memorial: Carloway
Lewis War Memorial: Parish of Uig, East division, panel 2
Medals: Had been awarded Military Medal for bravery. Held Mons Star
Wounded 1914. Was employed in Inverness before the war
Stornoway Gazette tribute
Private DONALD MACLEOD
Last known address in Lewis: 41 Park Carloway
Son of John and Barbara Macleod
Service unit: 4th Canadian Machine Gun Corps
Service number: 443377
Date of death: 1 September 1918 at the age of 32
Killed in action
Interred: Dury Crucifix Cemetery, grave II. D. 38
Village memorial: Carloway
Lewis War Memorial: Parish of Uig, East division, panel 2
Joined up in 1915
Stornoway Gazette tribute
Deckhand DUNCAN MACLEOD
Last known address in Lewis: 41 Park Carloway
Son of John and Catherine Macleod; husband of Catherine Macleod
Service unit: Royal Navy, HMS Pembroke
Service number: 9665/DA
Date of death: 11 February 1919 at the age of 51
Died of illness
Interred: Dalmore Cemetery
Lewis War Memorial: Parish of Uig, East division, panel 2
Joined up in November 1917 although at age 48. Served from 1915 until invalided in 1917
Quarter-master JOHN MACARTHUR
Last known address in Lewis: 42 Park Carloway
Service unit: South Africans
Date of death: 1 October 1918
Village memorial: Carloway
Lewis War Memorial: Parish of Uig, East division, panel 1
Served from 1916 till invalided in August 1917.
Private JOHN MACLEOD
Last known address in Lewis: 46 Park Carloway
Son of Angus McLeod, of Mill Park, Carloway
Service unit: 44th Canadian Infantry (New Brunswick Regiment)
Service number: 234905
Date of death: 27 April 1918 at the age of 28
Memorial: Vimy Memorial
Village memorial: Carloway
Lewis War Memorial: Parish of Uig, East division, panel 2
Joined up in 1916
Stornoway Gazette tribute
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