Last known address in Lewis: 5 Swainbost
Son of Murdo and Catherine Macritchie
Service unit: 1st Seaforth Highlanders
Service number: 3/7288
Date of death: 31 May 1915 at the age of 18
Killed in action at La Bassee
Interred: St Vaast Post Military Cemetery, Richebourg, grave I. D. 9
Village memorial: North Lewis, Cross
Lewis War Memorial: Parish of Barvas, North division, panel 2
Lance-Corporal ANGUS MURRAY
Last known address in Lewis: 8 Swainbost
Son of Donald and Catherine McIver Murray
Service unit: 2nd Seaforth Highlanders
Service number: 3/7282
Date of death: 21 May 1915 at the age of 18
Died of wounds in Boulogne
Interred: Boulogne Eastern Cemetery, grave VIII. D. 40
Village memorial: North Lewis, Cross
Lewis War Memorial: Parish of Barvas, North division, panel 2
Seaman DONALD MACDONALD
Last known address in Lewis: 13 Swainbost
Son of John and Mary Macdonald
Service unit: Royal Naval Reserve, SS Mandala
Service number: 5351/A
Date of death: 1 January 1919 at the age of 27
Drowned in sinking of HMY Iolaire, was never found
Memorial: Chatham Naval Memorial, panel 32
Village memorial: North Lewis, Cross
Seaman MURDO MACDONALD
Last known address in Lewis: 13 Swainbost
Son of John and Mary Macdonald
Service unit: Royal Naval Reserve, HMD Aspire
Service number: 11997/DA
Date of death: 1 January 1919 at the age of 21
Drowned in sinking of HMY Iolaire
Interred: Ness (St Peter) Old Churchyard
Village memorial: North Lewis, Cross
Lewis War Memorial: Parish of Barvas, North division, panel 1
Seaman MALCOLM THOMSON
Last known address in Lewis: 14 Swainbost
Son of John and Christina McLean Thomson
Service unit: Royal Naval Reserve, HMS Redoubtable
Service number: 4557/A
Date of death: 1 January 1919 at the age of 27
Drowned in sinking of HMY Iolaire
Interred: Ness (St Peter) Old Churchyard
Village memorial: North Lewis, Cross
Lewis War Memorial: Parish of Barvas, North division, panel 3
Seaman ALLAN THOMPSON
Last known address in Lewis: 15 Swainbost
Son of John and Sofia Thomson
Service unit: Royal Naval Reserve, HMS Pembroke
Service number: 3047/B
Date of death: 26 October 1914 at the age of 45
Died in hospital at Chatham
Interred: Gillingham (Woodlands) Cemetery, grave Naval. 14. 704
Village memorial: North Lewis, Cross
Lewis War Memorial: Parish of Barvas, North division, panel 3
Private MALCOLM MACLEOD
Last known address in Lewis: 19 Swainbost
Service unit: 1st Seaforth Highlanders
Service number: 317468
Date of death: 12 July 1917
Killed in Palestine
Interred: Baghdad (North Gate) War Cemetery, grave IX. E. 3.
Village memorial: North Lewis, Cross
Lewis War Memorial: Parish of Barvas, North division, panel 2
Seaman JOHN MURRAY
Last known address in Lewis: 21 Swainbost
Son of Donald and Flora Murray
Service unit: Royal Naval Reserve, HMT St Leonard
Service number: 22055/DA
Date of death: 7 January 1920 at the age of 19
Ship sunk in a gale
Memorial: Chatham Naval Memorial, panel 32
Village memorial: North Lewis, Cross
Lewis War Memorial: Parish of Barvas, North division, panel 2
Private MURDO MACLEAN
Last known address in Lewis: 24 Swainbost
Son of Donald and Annie MacRitchie Maclean
Service unit: Tank Corps
Service number: 305324
Date of death: 22 March 1919 at the age of 20
Died of wounds, sustained on 14 September 1918, in hospital in Aberdeen
Interred: Ness (St Peter) Old Churchyard
Village memorial: North Lewis, Cross
Lewis War Memorial: Parish of Barvas, North division, panel 2
Sergeant JOHN MACLEOD
Last known address in Lewis: 28 Swainbost
Son of Murdo and Christy Macleod
Service unit: 2nd Seaforth Highlanders
Service number: 317110
Date of death: 28 March 1918
Killed in action in France
Memorial: Arras Memorial, Bay 8
Village memorial: North Lewis, Cross
Lewis War Memorial: Parish of Barvas, North division, panel 2
Wounded 25 April 1915
Seaman MALCOLM MACLEOD
Last known address in Lewis: 28 Swainbost
Son of Murdo and Chirsty MacLeod
Service unit: Royal Navy Voluntary Reserve, HMS Maidstone
Service number: J/65506
Date of death: 1 January 1919 at the age of 20
Drowned in sinking of HMY Iolaire, was never found
Memorial: Plymouth Naval Memorial, panel 31
Village memorial: North Lewis, Cross
Lewis War Memorial: Parish of Barvas, North division, panel 2
Seaman DONALD MURRAY
Last known address in Lewis: 31 Swainbost
Son of Angus Murray
Service unit: Mercantile Marine, SS Saint Jerome
Service number: 140539
Date of death: 31 December 1917 at the age of 26
Went missing, presumed at Curtis Bay, Baltimore
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Sergeant KENNETH CAMPBELL
Last known address in Lewis: 35 Swainbost
Son of Norman and Mary Campbell
Service unit: 8th Seaforth Highlanders
Service number: 316805
Date of death: 12 October 1916 at the age of 23
Killed in action in France
Memorial: Thiepval Memorial, Pier and Face 15C
Village memorial: North Lewis, Cross
Lewis War Memorial: Parish of Barvas, North division, panel 1
Seaman MURDO MACRITCHIE
Last known address in Lewis: 37 Swainbost
Son of Murdo and Annie MacKenzie MacRitchie
Service unit: Royal Naval Reserve, HMS Bulwark
Service number: 2164/A
Date of death: 26 November 1914 at the age of 37
Ship sunk by internal explosion at Sheerness
Interred: Gillingham (Woodlands) Cemetery, grave Naval 18. 924
Village memorial: North Lewis, Cross
Lewis War Memorial: Parish of Barvas, North division, panel 2
Seaman ANGUS MACRITCHIE
Last known address in Lewis: 38 Swainbost
Son of Donald and Henrietta McKenzie McRitchie
Service unit: Royal Naval Reserve, HMT Hero
Service number: 16522/DA
Date of death: 1 January 1919 at the age of 20
Drowned in sinking of HMY Iolaire
Interred: Ness (St Peter) Old Churchyard
Lewis War Memorial: Parish of Barvas, North division, panel 2
Seaman JOHN MACRITCHIE
Last known address in Lewis: 42 Swainbost
Service unit: Royal Naval Reserve, HMS Fisgard II
Service number: 5303/A
Date of death: 19 September 1914 at the age of 22
Ship sunk in gale
Interred: Portland Royal Naval Cemetery, grave 534
Village memorial: North Lewis, Cross
Lewis War Memorial: Parish of Barvas, North division, panel 2
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