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Cromore

Leading Seaman DONALD MACKINNON
Dollan Dhonnachaidh

Last address in Lewis: 7 Cromore
Son of Duncan and Mary MacKinnon, of Stornoway, Isle of Lewis.
Service unit: Royal Navy HMS Wren
Service number: P/20733A
Date of death: 27 July 1940
Killed when ship was sunk by German bombers off Aldeburgh
Memorial: Portsmouth Naval, panel 44, column 1
Local memorial: Pairc, Kershader
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Seaman DONALD MACARTHUR
Dollan Mhurchaidh Alasdair

Last address in Lewis: 10 Cromore
Service unit: Royal Naval Reserve, HMS Rawalpindi
Service number: D/X2005A
Date of death: 23 November 1939 at the age of 20
Lost on ship, sunk in North Atlantic after engaging German battlecruisers Scharnhorst and Gneisenau
Memorial: Plymouth Naval, panel 35, column 3
Local memorial: Pairc, Kershader
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