Boyanne Dhomhnaill Dhughail
Last address in Lewis: 2 Calbost
Service unit: Royal Naval Reserve, HMS Asturius
Date of death: 17 March 1945
Died in Calbost of TB
Local memorial: Pairc, Kershader
Was discharged with TB in 1943.
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Captain RODERICK GIMSON MACKENZIE
Last address in Lewis: 4 Calbost
Son of John Ross Mackenzie, and of Elizabeth Mackenzie (nee Gimson); nephew of Alice M. Gimson, of Leicester.
Service unit: No 48 Royal Marines Commando
Date of death:3 November 1944 at the age of 24
Awarded the Military Cross
Interred: Oostende New Communal Cemetery, plot 9, row 7, grave 2.
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ANGUS MACLEOD
Aonghas Beag Aonghais an Sheoc
Last address in Lewis: 8 Calbost
Service unit: Military Police
Killed in action in Hong Kong
Local memorial: Pairc, Kershader
Able Seaman MURDO FINLAYSON
Murdigan Aonghais Alasdair
Last address in Lewis: 10 Calbost
Son of Angus and Christina Finlayson, of Lochs.
Service unit: Merchant Navy SS Caleb Sprauge
Date of death: 1 February 1944
Lost on ship
Interred: Gravir Cemetery
Local memorial: Pairc, Kershader
Had served in RNR for 2 years 9 months before war
Seaman ALEXANDER FINLAYSON
Ailigan Aonghais Alasdair
Last address in Lewis: 10 Calbost
Son of Angus and Chirsty Finlayson, of Stornoway, Isle of Lewis.
Service unit: Royal Naval Reserve, HMS Courageous
Service number: P/X20536A
Date of death: 17 September 1939 at the age of 20
Lost on ship sunk in Scapa Flow
Memorial: Portsmouth Naval, panel 36, column 2
Local memorial: Pairc, Kershader
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Seaman MURDO KENNEDY
Murdaidh an t-Shaighdair
Last address in Lewis: 14 Calbost
Son of Murdo and Ann Kennedy, of Lochs, Isle of Lewis.
Service unit: Royal Naval Reserve HMT Fort Royal
Service number: LT/X 7745C
Date of death: 8 February 1940 at the age of 30
Lost on ship sunk by German bombers on first mission out of Aberdeen
Memorial: Lowestoft Naval, panel 2, column 2
Local memorial: Pairc, Kershader
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