Last address in Lewis: 1 Carishader
Son of John and Kate Ann Mackay, of Uig.
Service unit: Royal Navy, HMT Arctic Hunter
Service number: LT/JX183161
Date of death: 29 November 1941 at the age of 24
Died of wounds on board ship
Interred: Ardroil Cemetery
Local memorial: Uig, Timsgarry
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Seaman NORMAN GILLIES
Last address in Lewis: 9 Carishader
Son of John and Christina Gillies, of Stornoway, Isle of Lewis.
Service unit: Royal Naval Reserve, HMS Rosaura
Service number: D/X9736B
Date of death: 18 March 1941 at the age of 32
Killed in action off Crete
Memorial: Plymouth Naval, panel 60, column 1
Local memorial: Uig, Timsgarry
Private DUNCAN MCLEOD
Last address in Lewis: Lochcroistean
Son of Norman and Bell Ann McLeod, of Tighnabruaich, Argyllshire, Scotland (latterly of Lochcroistean, according to headstone in Bragar Cemetery, Lewis)
Service unit: Australian Imperial Forces, A.I.F. 2/2 Motor Amb.Coy.
Date of death: 19 September 1943 at the age of 42
Died as POW in Burma, after being reported missing
Interred: Thanbyuzayat Cemetery, Sp. Mem. Joint grave. A13. A. 17.
Local memorial: Uig, Timsgarry
Mentioned on family gravestone in Bragar Cemetery, Lewis
Clipping supplied by Comunn Eachdraidh Uig,
Stornoway Gazette, 22 May 1942
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