Eoropie / Eoropaidh


Private ANGUS MACLEOD
Last known address in Lewis: 2 Eoropie
Service unit: 2nd Gordon Highlanders
Service number: 3/5639
Date of death: 31 October 1914 at the age of 25
Killed in action in France
Memorial: Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, panel 38
Village memorial: North Lewis, Cross
Lewis War Memorial: Parish of Barvas, North division, panel 2

Lance-Corporal JOHN MACLEOD
Last known address in Lewis: 6 Eoropie
Son of Murdo Macleod and Mary Ferguson
Service unit: Seaforth Highlanders
Date of death: 25 April 1918 at the age of 31
Was discharged after being gassed. Died in Glasgow
Village memorial: North Lewis, Cross
Lewis War Memorial: Parish of Barvas, North division, panel 2
Stornoway Gazette tribute


Seaman ANGUS MORRISON
Last known address in Lewis: 10 Eoropie
Son of John and Catherine Morrison
Service unit: Royal Naval Reserve, HMS Implacable
Service number: 14310/DA
Date of death: 1 January 1919 at the age of 20
Drowned in sinking of HMY Iolaire, was never found
Memorial: Chatham Naval Memorial, panel 32
Village memorial: North Lewis, Cross
Lewis War Memorial: Parish of Barvas, North division, panel 2

Private DONALD MACDONALD
Last known address in Lewis: 16 Eoropie
Son of Donald and Maggie McDonald
Service unit: D Coy, 2nd Garrison Royal Scots Fusiliers
Service number: 34318
Date of death: 20 May 1919 at the age of 21
Died in hospital in England
Interred: Ness (St Peter) Old Churchyard
Village memorial: North Lewis, Cross
Invalided home from Persian Gulf

Leading Seaman NORMAN MACDONALD
Last known address in Lewis: 18 Eoropie
Son of John and Annie Macdonald; husband of Johanna Macdonald
Service unit: Royal Naval Reserve, SS Cairndhu
Service number: 2750C
Date of death: 16 April 1917 at the age of 42
Ship sunk by UB-40, 25 miles W of Beachy Head, en route from the Tyne to Gibraltar
Memorial: Chatham Naval Memorial, panel 26
Lewis War Memorial: Parish of Barvas, North division, panel 1
Had been awarded 1914 Star. Ship sunk 25 miles W of Beachy Head, en route from the Tyne to Gibraltar

Private MURDO MACLEOD
Last known address in Lewis: 19 Eoropie
Son of Donald McLeod and Barbara McLeod (nee MacLennan)
Service unit: 2nd Seaforth Highlanders
Service number: 5302
Date of death: 9 October 1917 at the age of 19
Died of wounds in France
Interred: Dozinghem Military Cemetery, grave IX. J. 16
Village memorial: North Lewis, Cross
Lewis War Memorial: Parish of Barvas, North division, panel 2
Date of death on village memorial incorrectly marked as 1916
Stornoway Gazette tribute

Private JOHN MACLEOD
Last known address in Lewis: 26 Eoropie
Son of Donald and Annie Macleod
Service unit: 8th Seaforth Highlanders
Service number: 3/7379
Date of death: 16 September 1916 at the age of 19
Died of wounds in France
Interred: St Sever Cemetery, Rouen, grave B. 25. 40
Village memorial: North Lewis, Cross
Lewis War Memorial: Parish of Barvas, North division, panel 2

Sapper ALEXANDER MORRISON
Last known address in Lewis: 35 Eoropie
Son of John and Anne Morrison
Husband of Minnie Gertrude Morrison of 55A Upcerne Road, Chelsea, London
Service unit: 2 coy, Royal Engineers
Service number: 327066
Date of death: 22 February 1919 at the age of 46
Interred: Wandsworth (Earlsfield) Cemetery, Screen Wall B. 20. 371


Lance-Corporal DUGALD MACKENZIE
Last known address in Lewis: 36 Eoropie
Son of John and Annie McKenzie of 16 Habost, Ness
Service unit: 2nd Seaforth Highlanders
Service number: 3/7108
Date of death: 25 April 1915 at the age of 21
Killed in action in France
Interred: Seaforth Cemetery, Cheddar Villa, B. 1. (Headstone "A" 44).
Village memorial: North Lewis, Cross
Lewis War Memorial: Parish of Barvas, North division, panel 1

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