The Scottish War Graves Project

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Seaman DONALD SMITH
Last address in Lewis: 11 Cross,
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
Local memorial: North Lewis, Cross
Was at the Falklands Battle.

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Seaman MURDO MURRAY
Last address in Lewis: 5 North Dell
Son of Donald and Catherine Murray.
Service: Royal Naval Reserve, HMS President III
Date of death: 21 September 1941 at the age of 30
Lost on MV Vancouver - this ship was sunk in October 1941
Survived a sinking in 1940
Local memorial: North Lewis, Cross

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Private NORMAN MACKENZIE
Last address in Lewis: 51 Cross Skigersta Road
Service: Seaforth Highlanders
Date of death: 8 August 1944 at the age of 20
Lost at Caen, France
Local memorial: North Lewis, Cross

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Able Seaman FINLAY MACDONALD
Last address in Lewis: 19 Cross
Son of Murdo and Mary Macdonald, of Stornoway, Isle of Lewis; husband of Margaret Ann Macdonald, of Stornoway.
Service: Merchant Navy
Date of death: 7 February 1943 at the age of 39
Lost on SS Toward sunk by U-402
Memorial: Tower Hill, panel 109

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Deckhand DONALD MACRITCHIE
Last address in Lewis: 34 Habost, Ness,
Son of Finlay and Catherine Macritchie
Service unit: Royal Naval Reserve, HMT Scarboro
Service number: 13258
Date of death: 1 January 1919 at the age of 21
Drowned in sinking of HMY Iolaire
Memorial: Chatham Naval Memorial, panel 32
Local memorial: North Lewis, Cross

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Seaman KENNETH MACIVER
Last address in Lewis: 25 Cross Skigersta Road
Service: Royal Navy Voluntary Reserve
Date of death: 31 December 1942 at the age of 31
Lost on HMS Achates
Awarded Oak Leaf and African Bar
Local memorial: North Lewis, Cross

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Seaman DONALD CAMPBELL
Last address in Lewis: 6 Lionel
Service: Royal Naval Reserve
Service number: P/X21516A
Date of death: 21 January 1940 at the age of 21
Lost on HMS Exmouth mined off Wick
Memorial: Portsmouth Naval, Panel 44, column 1
Local memorial: North Lewis, Cross

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Seaman RODERICK MORRISON
Last address in Lewis: 2 Habost, Ness,
Son of Malcolm and Margaret Morrison; husband of Gormilla Morrison, of 2, Back St., Habost, Ness, Stornoway.
Service unit: Royal Naval Reserve, HMS Ganges
Service number: 1750/CH
Date of death: 1 January 1919 at the age of 43
Drowned in sinking of HMY Iolaire
Interred: Old Ness Cemetery
Local memorial: North Lewis, Cross

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Seaman ANGUS MACDONALD
Last address in Lewis: 3 Lionel
Service: Royal Naval Reserve
Date of death: 12 June 1942 at the age of 22
Lost on HMS Grove sunk by U-77
Local memorial: North Lewis, Cross

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Private JOHN CAMPBELL
Last address in Lewis: 5 Lionel,
Son of the late Murdo Campbell and of Annie Campbell, of 5, Lionel, Ness, Stornoway.
Service unit: 2nd Seaforth Highlanders
Service number: 317056
Date of death: 4 May 1917 at the age of 26
Killed in action in France
Interred: Crump Trench British Cemetery, Fampoux, grave II. C. 16
Local memorial: North Lewis, Cross

Corporal DONALD CAMPBELL
Last address in Lewis: 27 Lionel,
Son of John Campbell
Service unit: 1st Seaforth Highlanders
Service number: 311
Date of death: 5 November 1917 at the age of 29
Killed in Mesopotamia
Memorial: Basra Memorial, Iraq, Panel 37 and 64
Local memorial: North Lewis, Cross

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Lance Corporal JOHN SMITH
Last address in Lewis: 11 Lionel
Son of Donald and Christina Smith, of Port of Ness, Isle of Lewis.
Service: Seaforth Highlanders
Service number: 2821761
Date of death: 10 June 1940 at the age of 22
Lost in France
Grave: Arques-la-Bataille communal cemetery, Row C, grave 3
Local memorial: North Lewis, Cross

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Seaman JOHN MACDONALD
Last address in Lewis: 123 Cross Skigersta Road
Son of Donald and Annie Macdonald, of Port of Ness, Isle of Lewis.
Service: Royal Naval Reserve
Service number: C/X10513B
Date of death: 12 June 1942 at the age of 27
Lost on HMS Grove sunk by U-77
Survived sinking of AMC Springbank
Memorial: Chatham Naval, panel 65, column 3
Local memorial: North Lewis, Cross

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Private JOHN MORRISON
Last address in Lewis: 16 Skigersta,
Son of Alexander Morrison
Service unit: 2nd Seaforth Highlanders
Service number: 3/7358
Date of death: 1 July 1916 at the age of 18
Killed in action in France
Memorial: Thiepval Memorial, Pier and Face 15C
Local memorial: North Lewis, Cross

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Private DONALD MACDONALD
Last address in Lewis: 16B Knockaird,
Son of Donald and Annie Macdonald, of 16B Knockaird, Ness, Stornoway.
Service unit: 2nd Seaforth Highlanders
Service number: 3/7105
Date of death: 5 May 1915 at the age of 23
Died of gas poisoning
Interred: Hazebrouck Communal Cemetery, grave II. D. 15
Local memorial: North Lewis, Cross

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Seaman ALEXANDER SMITH
Last address in Lewis: 9 Port of Ness
Son of John and Margaret Smith, of Port of Ness, Ross and Cromarty.
Service: Royal Naval Reserve
Service number: D/X9983B
Date of death: 11 May 1942 at the age of 29
Lost on HMS Kipling
Survived sinking of HMS Lively. Both ships sank in same action
Memorial: Plymouth Naval, panel 75, column 1
Local memorial: North Lewis, Cross