Please bear in mind that some streets in the town have been renamed and/or renumbered after World War II. The streetnames and housenumbers on this page are quoted as of 1939.
MANOR FARM
Flight Sergeant DANIEL MCLEMAN
Last address in Lewis: Manor Farm, Stornoway
Son of James McLeman (Fraserburgh) and Catherine Anne McLeod (2 Benside)
Service: Royal Air Force Voluntary Reserve
Service number: 1565046
Date of death: 7 September 1945 at the age of 22
Missing in 357 Sq Dakota
Trooper WILLIAM COLQUHOUN
Last address in Lewis: Manor Farm, Stornoway
Son of Duncan and Mary Ann Colquhoun; grandson of Mrs. C. MacEachen, of Creagorry.
Service: Lovat Scouts
Service number: 409839
Date of death: 2 July 1940 at the age of 21
Please note: CWGC website quotes date of death as 15 August 1940
The Arandora Star, however, was sunk on 2 July 1940.
Lost on Arandora Star, sunk by U-47.
Interred: Nunton Old Churchyard, South Entrance gate
Seaman JOHN FERGUSON
Last address in Lewis: 40 Manor Park, Stornoway
Son of Fergus Ferguson, and of Isabella Ferguson, of Stornoway.
Service: Royal Naval Reserve, HMS Royal Arthur
Service number: D/JX175259
Date of death: 28 July 1940 at the age of 22
Died of pneumonia
Interred: Habost Cemetery, Ness
Local memorial: Lewis War Memorial
ANDERSON ROAD
Seaman DONALD MACLEOD
Last address in Lewis: 9 Anderson Road, Stornoway
Son of Angus and Mary MacLeod, of Stornoway, Isle of Lewis.
Service: Merchant Navy
Date of death: 19 May 1941 at the age of 20
Lost on SS Empire Ridge sunk by U-96
Memorial: Tower Hill, panel 44
Local memorial: Lewis War Memorial
Seaman ROY MACKENZIE KNIGHT
Last address in Lewis: 31 Anderson Road, Stornoway
Son of Augustus and Christina H. Knight, of Hampstead, London. B.A. (Cantab.).
Service: Royal Naval Reserve
Service number: C/JX283473
Date of death: 5 April 1942 at the age of 26
Lost off HMS Cornwall
Memorial: Chatham Naval, panel 57, column 3
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BATTERY PARK ROAD
Leading Seaman MURDO NICOLSON
Last address in Lewis: 8 Battery Park Road [formerly Lighthouse Street], Stornoway
Son of Angus and Christina Nicolson, of Stornoway, Isle of Lewis.
Service: Royal Naval Reserve
Service number: LT/X1817A
Date of death: 22 October 1940 at the age of 28
Lost off HMT Waveflower, which struck a mine off Aldeburgh
Memorial: Lowestoft Naval, panel 2, column 1
Mentioned on family gravestone in Sandwick Cemetery, Lewis
Local memorial: Lewis War Memorial
Sailor ANGUS NICOLSON
Last address in Lewis: 8 Battery Park Road, Stornoway
Son of Angus and Christina Nicolson, of Stornoway, Isle of Lewis; husband of Christina Nicolson, of Stornoway.
Service: Merchant Navy, SS Stancliffe
Lost in sinking of ship, torpedoed by U-37
Date of death: 12 August 1940 at the age of 24
Mentioned on family gravestone in Sandwick Cemetery, Lewis
Memorial: Tower Hill, panel 101
Able Seaman MURDO MACLEOD
Last address in Lewis: 11 Battery Park Road, Stornoway
Son of Roderick and Cathrine MacLeod.
Service: Merchant Navy
Medal: BEM
Date of death: 25 February 1943 at the age of 39
Lost on SS Stockport, sunk by U-604
Memorial: Tower Hill, panel 102
Local memorial: Lewis War Memorial
Able Seaman NEIL MACLEOD SNR
Last address in Lewis: 12 Battery Park Road, Stornoway
Son of John and Catherine Macleod; husband of Kate Macleod.
Service: Merchant Navy
Medals and awards: King's Commendation for Brave Conduct and Lloyd's War Medal for bravery at sea.
Date of death: 9 June 1941 at the age of 53
Died of wounds after SS Michael E was sunk by U-108
Memorial: Tower Hill, panel 70
Local memorial: Lewis War Memorial
BAYHEAD
Captain KENNETH PERCEVAL MORRISON
Last address in Lewis: 67 Bayhead, Stornoway
Son of John and Isabel Morrison; husband of Mary Pratt Morrison. M.B., Ch.B. (St. Andrews).
Service: Royal Army Medical Corps
Service number: 225747
Date of death: 14 August 1943 at the age of 26
Died in Nigeria
Interred: Yaba Cemetery, plot 4, row E, grave 3
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BELLS ROAD
Engineer DONALD MORRISON
Last address in Lewis: 2 Bells Road, Stornoway
Service: United States Mercantile Marine
Year of death: 1942
Drowned in New York Harbour
Private ALEX MACLEOD
Last address in Lewis: 6 Bells Road, Stornoway
Brother of Christy MacLeod, of Stornoway, Isle of Lewis, Scotland.
Service: Royal Canadian Army Service Corps
Service number: M/49995
Date of death: 8 March 1942 at the age of 47
Died in Alberta Military Hospital
Interred: Red Deer Cemetery, lot 4, block F
CHURCH STREET
Sergeant (Obs) COLIN FINLAY NICHOLSON
Last address in Lewis: 20 Church Street, Stornoway
Son of Finlay Nicholson, and of Katherine McLeod Nicholson, of Beauly, Inverness-shire.
Service: Royal Air Force Voluntary Reserve
Service number: 1118709
Date of death: 15 March 1943 at the age of 28
Killed in action on air ops with 99 Sq in India
Interred: Maynamati War Cemetery, grave 9. F. 2.
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Sub-Lieutenant NEIL ALISTER DEWAR
Last address in Lewis: 20 Church Street, Stornoway
Son of William and Isabelle Dewar, of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. B.A. (Winnipeg).
Service: Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve
Date of death: 4 August 1943 at the age of 27
Died when a ship exploded alongside his ship, HMS Arrow, in Algiers
Memorial: Portsmouth Naval, panel 80, column 1
Seaman KENNETH DONALD MACLEOD
Last address in Lewis: 40 Church Street, Stornoway
Son of Kenneth and Marion Macleod, of Stornoway, Isle of Lewis.
Service: Royal Naval Reserve
Service number: C/X19783A
Date of death: 15 December 1941 at the age of 22
Lost on HMS Galatea sunk by U-557
Memorial: Chatham Naval, panel 49, column 3
Mentioned on family gravestone in Gress Cemetery, Lewis
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CROMWELL STREET
Pilot Officer JOHN BRUCE MACLEOD
Last address in Lewis: 63 Cromwell Street, Stornoway
Son of John Farquhar MacLeod and Margaret Mackie MacLeod, of Peterculter, Aberdeenshire.
Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Service number: 101522
Date of death: 27 December 1941 at the age of 21
Lost in action with 110 Sq
Memorial: Runnymede, panel 33
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Private MURDO MACLEOD
Last address in Lewis: 3 Macleod's Court, Stornoway
Service: Australian Imperial Forces
Service number: QX27608
Date of death: 1 January 1943
Died in New Guinea
Local memorial: Lewis War Memorial
Cadet JOHN LEWIS MACGUCKIN
Last address in Lewis: Perceval Square, Stornoway
Son of Bernard MacGuckin, and of Jessie MacGuckin, of Stornoway, Isle of Lewis.
Service: Merchant Navy
Date of death: 9 March 1943 at the age of 18
Lost on SS Nailsea Court sunk by U-229
Memorial: Tower Hill, panel 71
Local memorial: Lewis War Memorial
FRANCIS STREET
Leading Aircraftsman RODERICK JOHN MACASKILL
Last address in Lewis: 11 Francis Street, Stornoway
Son of Alex J. Macaskill and Johanna Macaskill, of Stornoway; husband of Elizabeth Macaskill (nee Ross).
Service: Royal Air Force Voluntary Reserve
Service number: 1341464
Date of death: 13 August 1944 at the age of 35
Died of illness contracted in East Africa, in Arbroath
Interred: Sandwick Cemetery, section L, grave 2476
Local memorial: Lewis War Memorial
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GOATHILL ROAD
Captain WILLIAM A WESTGARTH
Last address in Lewis: 5 Goathill Road, Stornoway
Service: Merchant Navy
Date of death: 27 September 1942 at the age of 56
Died of peritonitis in Belfast
INACLETE ROAD
Bosun MURDO CAMPBELL
Last address in Lewis: 42 Inaclete Road, Stornoway
Service: Merchant Navy
Date of death: 8 May 1941 at the age of 34
Saved from SS Empire Light by German raider Pinguin, lost when that was sunk by HMS Cornwall
JAMES STREET
Flight Sergeant DONALD MORRISON
Last address in Lewis: 20 James Street, Stornoway
Husband of Mary Morrison, of Stornoway, Isle of Lewis.
Service: Royal Air Force Voluntary Reserve, 625 Sqdn
Service number: 1569430
Date of death: 3 April 1945 at the age of 33
Killed in action over Belfast
Interred: Leopoldsburg War Cemetery
KEITH STREET
Refrigeration Engineer ALEXANDER SNR MACRAE
Last address in Lewis: 21 Keith Street, Stornoway
Service: Merchant Navy
Date of death: 27 May 1941 at the age of 65
Died returning home after being marooned following sinking of SS Rangitane
Stoker DONALD CAMPBELL
Last address in Lewis: 30 Keith Street, Stornoway
Son of John and Christina Campbell; husband of Evelyn Clarice Helen Campbell, of Yarraville, Victoria, Australia.
Service: Royal Australian Navy
Service number: 16532
Date of death: 29 June 1942 at the age of 38
Died on HMAS Norman
Memorial: Plymouth Naval, panel 73, column 3
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Fusilier RODERICK MORRISON
Last address in Lewis: 30 Keith Street, Stornoway
Son of Roderick Morrison, and of Christina Morrison, of Partick, Glasgow.
Service: 2nd Royal Scots Fusiliers
Service number: 3128513
Date of death: 11 March 1940 at the age of 26
Killed in an accident in France
Interred: Cité Bonjean Military Cemetery, Armentières, Plot 11. Row A. Grave 15.
Pilot Officer NORMAN CRICHTON MACIVER
Last address in Lewis: 40 Keith Street, Stornoway
Son of Colin J. and Mary MacIver, of Aberdeen.
Service: Royal Air Force Voluntary Reserve, 57 Sqdn
Service number: 88694
Date of death: 22 March 1941 at the age of 23
Lost in a Wellington off Belgium
Memorial: Runnymede, panel 33
Lance Corporal ANNA MACLEOD
Last address in Lewis: 47 Keith Street, Stornoway
Daughter of Angus and Mary A. Macleod, of Stornoway.
Service: Auxiliary Territorial Service
Service number: W171933
Date of death: 11 May 1943 at the age of 23
Killed by enemy action at Gt Yarmouth
Interred: Eye Cemetery, Section D, grave 43
Local memorial: Lewis War Memorial
Lance Corporal HECTOR ALLAN MACKENZIE
Last address in Lewis: 56 Keith Street, Stornoway
Son of Murdo and Annie MacKenzie, of Stornoway, Isle of Lewis.
Service: 1st (The London Scottish) Gordon Highlanders
Service number: 5260136
Date of death: 5 September 1944 at the age of 27
Killed in action at Cariano Ridge, Italy
Interred: Coriano Ridge War Cemetery, grave VIII, A, 8
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Aircraftsman 1st class ARCHIBALD MACRAE RODGER
Last address in Lewis: 59 Keith Street, Stornoway
Son of George Greig Rodger, and of Annabella Macrae Rodger, of Glasgow.
Service: Royal Air Force, 224 Sqdn
Service number: 543962
Date of death: 7 September 1939 at the age of 20
Killed in a leaflet drop over Germany
Memorial: Runnymede, panel 3
Gunner NORMAN MACLEAN
Last address in Lewis: 60 Keith Street, Stornoway
Service: Royal Artillery, 83 Bty., 16 Lt. A.A. Regt.
Service number: 1019810
Date of death: 19 March 1942 at the age of 48
Died in hospital in Baghdad
Interred: Baghdad (North Gate) War Cemetery, grave 23. H. 4.
2nd Engineer WILLIAM SPROAT CLARKE
Last address in Lewis: 67 Keith Street, Stornoway
Son of William John Clark and of Jane Elizabeth Clarke (nee Nicolson).
Service: Merchant Navy
Date of death: 17 February 1940 at the age of 44
Lost when SS Cheldale was in collision with SS Greystoke Castle
Memorial: Tower Hill, panel 27
Local memorial: Lewis War Memorial
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Private MALCOLM MACKENZIE
Last address in Lewis: 83 Keith Street, Stornoway
Son of John and Henrietta Mackenzie, of Stornoway, Isle of Lewis.
Service: 144 Coy, Pioneer Corps
Service number: 7928916
Date of death: 1 November 1944 at the age of 37
Killed in action at Walcheren
Memorial: Groesbeek, panel 10
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KENNETH STREET
MURELLA MACFARLANE
Last address in Lewis: 25 Kenneth Street, Stornoway
of 208 Parkway, Gidea Park, Essex. Daughter of the late Murdo and Cecilia Pithie Macfarlane, of 4 Florence Place, Falmouth, Cornwall.
Date of death: 26 September 1941 at the age of 54
Lost on SS Avoceta
Civilian casualty
Captain HUBERT ARTHUR MACCALLUM
Last address in Lewis: 29 Kenneth Street, Stornoway
Service: Merchant Navy
Date of death: 27 December 1942 at the age of 55
Lost on SS Empire Union sunk by U-356
Memorial: Tower Hill, panel 47
Local memorial: Lewis War Memorial
Pilot Officer ALASDAIR LEWIS MACKENZIE
CWGC website quotes name as Alasdair Leslie Mackenzie
Last address in Lewis: 29 Kenneth Street, Stornoway
Son of Murdo and Isabella M. MacKenzie, of Tain, Ross and Cromarty.
Service: Royal Air Force Voluntary Reserve
Service number: 159055
Award: DFC
Date of death: 21 January 1944 at the age of 22
Lost on air ops with 51 Sq over Magdeburg
Interred: Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery, grave 8. H. 12
Chief Engineer ALEXANDER MACLEOD
Last address in Lewis: 53 Kenneth Street, Stornoway
Date of death: 9 March 1940 at the age of 54
Lost on Irish steamtrawler Leukos sunk by U-38
Local memorial: Lewis War Memorial
Fireman / Trimmer ALEXANDER MURDO MACLEOD
Last address in Lewis: 53 Kenneth Street, Stornoway
Son of Murdo and Christina Murray MacLeod.
Service: Merchant Navy
Date of death: 11 September 1942 at the age of 42
Lost on SS Empire Moonbeam sunk by 2 U-boats
Memorial: Tower Hill, panel 44
Local memorial: Lewis War Memorial
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Captain ERIC DONALD MACIVER
Last address in Lewis: 66 Kenneth Street, Stornoway
Service: Royal Marines
Date of death: 14 April 1940 at the age of 24
Lost on air ops with 803 Sq FAA
LEWIS STREET
Aircraftman 2nd Class MURDO MACLEOD
Last address in Lewis: St Columba's Church (and Baile na Cille, Timsgarry)
Son of the Revd. Murdo Macleod and of Mary Macleod (nee Montgomery), of West Manse, Portmahomack. M.A.
Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Service number: 1572111
Date of death: 30 June 1944 at the age of 21
Interred: Tarbat Parish Churchyard, sec L, grave 8.
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Flying Officer CHARLES ERIC DEWAR
Last address in Lewis: 1 Lewis Street, Stornoway
Son of Harry Charles and May Dewar; husband of Hughina Jessie Dewar, of Chelmsford.
Service: Royal Air Force, 48 Sqdn
Service number: 42814
Date of death: 25 September 1941 at the age of 27
Killed when he crashed on landing at Odiham
Interred: Chelmsford (Writtle Road) Cemetery, grave 5699
Stoker EDWARD BD MACKENZIE
Last address in Lewis: 5 Lewis Street, Stornoway
Service: Royal Navy
Date of death: 6 December 1943 at the age of 43
Pilot Officer (U/T) DUGALD MACIVER
Last address in Lewis: 27 Lewis Street, Stornoway
Son of John Maciver, and of Elizabeth Maciver, of Edinburgh.
Service: Royal Air Force Voluntary Reserve
Service number: 143980
Date of death: 21 August 1943 at the age of 21
Killed in training
Interred: Edinburgh (Comely Bank) Cemetery, grave O. 158
MACKENZIE STREET
Lance Corporal DONALD MACKINNON
Last address in Lewis: 8 Mackenzie Street, Stornoway
Son of Donald and Isabella Mackinnon, of Stornoway, Isle of Lewis.
Service: Seaforth Highlanders, D.E.M.S. Personnel
Service number: 2816788
Date of death: 13 November 1940 at the age of 29
Lost on SS Cape St Andrew sunk by U-137
Memorial: Plymouth Naval, panel 44, column 2
Sub-Lieutenant WILLIAM WHITFIELD WILE
Last address in Lewis: 8 Mackenzie Street, Stornoway
Service: Royal Naval Reserve
Date of death: 7 October 1942 at the age of 38
Lost on HMT Caroline Moller
Memorial: Liverpool Naval, panel 3, column 1
MATHESON ROAD
Lieutenant RONALD SMART
Last address in Lewis: 11 Matheson Road, Stornoway
Son of Joseph McCaig Smart and Margaret Hamilton Smart, of Selkirk.
Service: 5th Seaforth Highlanders
Service number: 269953
Date of death: 9 July 1944 at the age of 20
Killed in action
Memorial: Bayeux, panel 17, column 2
Private ANGUS MACLEOD SNR
Last address in Lewis: 35 Matheson Road, Stornoway
Service: Military Police
Date of death: 24 December 1941 at the age of 31
Killed in action fighting with Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Force
Flight Officer JAMES PERCY GRAHAM
Last address in Lewis: 45 Matheson Road, Stornoway
Son of Duncan MacKay Graham, and of Emily Graham, of Edinburgh.
Service: Royal Air Force Voluntary Reserve, 35 Sqdn
Service number: 136874
Date of death: 25 July 1944 at the age of 29
Killed in action
Interred: Durnbach War Cemetery, grave 8. A. 18
Local memorial: Lewis War Memorial
MILLAR ROAD
Seaman ALLAN MACDONALD
Last address in Lewis: 10 Millar Road, Stornoway
Son of John and Mary Macdonald, of Stornoway, Isle of Lewis; husband of Cathie Macdonald.
Service: Royal Naval Reserve, HMS President III
Service number: D/X19331A
Date of death: 23 March 1942 at the age of 23
Lost when SS Clan Campbell was sunk on Malta Convoy
Memorial: Plymouth Naval, panel 75, column 1
Local memorial: Lewis War Memorial
NEW STREET
Engineer MALCOLM MACKAY
Last address in Lewis: 18 New Street, Stornoway
Service: Merchant Navy
Date of death: 30 April 1940 at the age of 69
Died of natural causes
NEWTON STREET
Corporal JOHN RODERICK INNIS
Last address in Lewis: 1 Newton Street, Stornoway
Son of William Henry and Flora Innis, of Stornoway.
Service: 1st (Liverpool Scottish) Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders
Service number: 2932102
Date of death: 2 January 1942 at the age of 23
Died in a road accident
Interred: Sandwick Cemetery, Section O, grave 1419
Local memorial: Lewis War Memorial
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Lieutenant CECIL IAN HORATIO STEEN
Last address in Lewis: 6 Newton Street, Stornoway
Son of Walter James Steen and Eileen Helen Steen, of Stornoway, Isle of Lewis.
Nationality: Indian
Service: 3rd Battallion, 6th Ghurka Rifles
Service number: EC/10042
Date of death: 13 June 1944 at the age of 23
Killed in action near Mogaung
Interred: Taukkyan War Cemetery, grave 13. F. 2
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Sergeant DONALD JOHN MACKENZIE
Last address in Lewis: 10 Newton Street, Stornoway
Son of Murdo C. Mackenzie and C.C. Mackenzie, of Stornoway.
Service: Royal Air Force Voluntary Reserve
Service number: 127161
Date of death: 10 July 1942 at the age of 21
Killed in training over Shropshire
Interred: Sandwick Cemetery, section L, grave 2659
Local memorial: Lewis War Memorial
Seaman MURDO MACDONALD
Last address in Lewis: 20 Newton Street, Stornoway
Son of Donald and Margaret Macdonald, of Stornoway, Isle of Lewis.
Service: Royal Naval Reserve, HMS Express
Service number: P/X20510A
Date of death: 1 September 1940 at the age of 19
Lost in mining of ship
Memorial: Portsmouth Naval, panel 44, column 1
Local memorial: Point, Garrabost
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Seaman ALEXANDER CRAWFORD
Last address in Lewis: 21 Newton Street, Stornoway
Son of William and Else Jane Crawford; husband of Mary Crawford, of Stornoway, Isle of Lewis.
Service: Royal Navy Patrol Service
Service number: LT/JX222236
Date of death: 12 March 1942 at the age of 38
Lost when HMS St Briac hit a mine
Memorial: Lowestoft Naval, panel 8, column 3
Local memorial: Lewis War Memorial
Able Seaman MALCOLM MURRAY
Last address in Lewis: 31 Newton Street, Stornoway
Son of John and Maggie Murray; husband of Peggy Murray, of Beaconsfield, Western Australia.
Service: Royal Australian Navy
Service number: F2927
Date of death: 20 November 1941 at the age of 29
Lost when HMAS Sydney clashed with German raider, which sank both ships
Memorial: Plymouth Naval, panel 60, column 3
Local memorial: Lewis War Memorial
NICOLSON ROAD
Seaman ALEXANDER MACMILLAN
Last address in Lewis: 34 Nicolson Road, Stornoway
Son of Mary Ann Macmillan, of Stornoway, Isle of Lewis.
Service: Royal Naval Reserve
Service number: P/X20584
Date of death: 1 April 1941 at the age of 20
Killed when accidentally shot at Dover.
ASDIC operator on HMS Wasp
Interred: Dover (St James) Cemetery, row G, grave 26
Local memorial: Lewis War Memorial
Leading Bombardier NEIL DONALD MACAULAY
Last address in Lewis: 68 Nicolson Road, Stornoway
Son of Angus and Mary MacAulay, of Stornoway, Isle of Lewis.
Service: Ross Mountain Battery, 203 Bty. 51 Anti-Tank Regt.
Service number: 1464639
Date of death: 10 June 1940 at the age of 22
Killed in action at St Valery
Interred: Veulettes-sur-Mer churchyard, grave 16
Local memorial: Lewis War Memorial
NORTH BEACH
Private JOHN NEIL MACLEAN
Last address in Lewis: 20 North Beach, Stornoway
Son of Neil and Marion Maclean, of Stornoway, Isle of Lewis.
Service: 6th Gordon Highlanders
Service number: 14644434
Date of death: 19 October 1944 at the age of 22
Killed in action on Gothic Line in Italy
Interred: Faenza War Cemetery, grave I. E. 10
Mentioned on family gravestone in Crossbost Cemetery, Lewis
Local memorial: Lewis War Memorial
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PLANTATION ROAD
Radio Officer NORMAN ANGUS MACLEOD
Last address in Lewis: 12 Plantation Road, Stornoway
Son of Malcolm and Mary Ann MacLeod; husband of Myra R. MacLeod, of Corton, Wiltshire.
Service: Post Office
Date of death: 24 February 1945 at the age of 30
Lost off PO Cable Ship Alert in English Channel.
Left wife and 3 children
Interred: Calais Southern Cemetery, plot S, grave 6
Mentioned on family gravestone in Ardroil Cemetery, Lewis
Local memorial: Lewis War Memorial
POINT STREET
Seaman DONALD MACLEOD
Last address in Lewis: 7 Point Street, Stornoway
Son of John and Christina Macleod, husband of Evelyn Lavinia Macleod, of Leicester.
Service: Royal Navy Patrol Service
Service number: LT/JX529238
Date of death: 19 February 1944 at the age of 40
Drowned off Ardrossan off HMT Green Howard
Interred: Leicester (Saffron Hill) Cemetery, section C, cons. grave 249
Local memorial: Lewis War Memorial
Sergeant DONALD CAMPBELL SMITH
Last address in Lewis: 14 Point Street, Stornoway
Service: Royal Air Force
Service number: 640963
Date of death: 6 June 1942
Memorial: Runnymede Memorial, panel 93
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ROPEWORK ROAD
Leading Seaman NORMAN MACRITCHIE
Last address in Lewis: 1 Ropework Road, Stornoway
Service: Royal Naval Reserve, HMS Sphinx
Service number: C/X8111C
Date of death: 29 December 1942 at the age of 33
Died in Egypt
Interred: Alexandria (Hadra) War Memorial Cemetery, grave 4. H. 12
Private JAMES MACKENZIE
Last address in Lewis: 3 Ropework Road, Stornoway
Service: 1st Parachute Regiment
Service number: 1694398
Date of death: 20 September 1944 at the age of 30
Killed in action at Arnhem
Sergeant (Air Gunner) KENNETH MACKENZIE
Last address in Lewis: 5 Ropework Road, Stornoway
Service: Royal Air Force
Service number: 1821945
Date of death: 21 September 1943 at the age of 22
Lost in training
Interred: Sandwick Cemetery, section L, grave 2202
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Sapper WILLIAM THOMSON MACLEAN
Last address in Lewis: 9 Ropework Road, Stornoway
Son of Donald and Christina MacLean, of Stornoway, Isle of Lewis.
Service: Royal Engineers, 275 Field Coy
Service number: 2146137
Date of death: 5 March 1943 at the age of 29
Killed by mine in Tunisia
Memorial: Medjez-el-Bab Memorial, face 10
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Donkeyman JOHN FERGUSON
Last address in Lewis: 29 Ropework Road, Stornoway
Service: Naval Auxiliary Personnel (Merchant Navy)
Date of death: 28 April 1941 at the age of 31
Lost when SS Patia was bombed and sunk off Northumberland
Interred: Tynemouth (Preston) Cemetery, section K, grave 14424
Local memorial: Lewis War Memorial
SEAFORTH ROAD
Second Hand DONALD MACIVER
Last address in Lewis: 6 Seaforth Road
Son of Roderick and Margaret Maciver, of Stornoway.
Regiment/Service: Royal Naval Reserve (Patrol Service), H.M.S. Bedlington
Service No: LT/X.7905C
Date of death: 11 December 1943 at the age of 35
Interred: Eye / Aignish Cemetery, sec. D, grave 68
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Able Seaman JOHN MURDO MACRAE
Last address in Lewis: 30 Seaforth Road, Stornoway
Service: United States Mercantile Marine
Date of death: 23 February 1943 at the age of 22
Lost on US tanker Warlock sunk by U-628 and U-223
Local memorial: Lewis War Memorial
Private NEIL M CAMPBELL
Last address in Lewis: 42 Seaforth Road, Stornoway
Service: Seaforth Highlanders
Date of death: 29 December 1944 at the age of 22
Died of TB after being invalided out
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Able Seaman MURDOCH NICOLSON
Last address in Lewis: 46 Seaforth Road, Stornoway
Service: Canadian Merchant Navy
Date of death: 11 July 1943 at the age of 30
Lost when SS California was bombed off Portugal
Memorial: Halifax, panel 23
Local memorial: Lewis War Memorial
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Seaman JOHN MURDO MACLEOD
Last address in Lewis: 93 Seaforth Road, Stornoway
Service: Royal Navy Patrol Service
Date of death: 23 December 1943 at the age of 36
Died of TB after being invalided out in 1940
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Signaller ALISTAIR MACLEAN MACLEOD
Last address in Lewis: 97 Seaforth Road, Stornoway
Service: Royal Naval Reserve
Service number: 769430
Date of death: 24 April 1944 at the age of 20
Lost when HMT Roode Zee was torpedoed by E-boat off Dungeness.
Vessel was Dutch.
Local memorial: Lewis War Memorial
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Corporal DONALD MURRAY
Last address in Lewis: 103 Seaforth Road, Stornoway
Service: 8th Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders
Service number: 827054
Date of death: 29 November 1942 at the age of 29
Died of wounds in North Africa
Interred: Medjez-el-Bab War cemetery, grave 5. B. 7
Local memorial: Lewis War Memorial
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SEAVIEW TERRACE
Able Seaman DONALD MACLEOD
Last address in Lewis: 8 Seaview Terrace, Stornoway
Service: Merchant Navy
Date of death: 11 March 1943 at the age of 26
Lost on MV Empire Impala sunk by U-591 in gale
Local memorial: Lewis War Memorial
Flight Sergeant HUGH MACLEOD
Last address in Lewis: 26 Seaview Terrace, Stornoway
Son of Hugh Ross MacLeod and Ann MacLeod, of Stornoway, Isle of Lewis.
Service: 107 Sqdn, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Service number: 1343398
Date of death: 11 May 1944 at the age of 32
Memorial: Runnymede Memorial, panel 220
Greaser NEIL MURDO STEWART
Last address in Lewis: 39 Seaview Terrace, Stornoway
Son of Murdo and Mary Stewart of Stornoway; husband of Jessie M. Stewart, of Stornoway.
Service: Merchant Navy
Date of death: 14 August 1944 at the age of 51
Died in Liverpool of illness contracted whilst serving on MV Hyacinth
Interred: Sandwick Cemetery, section L, grave 2416
STAG ROAD
Sergeant MURDO MACDONALD
Last address in Lewis: 3 Stag Road, Stornoway
Son of John MacDonald, and of Annie MacDonald, of Stornoway, Isle of Lewis.
Service: 2nd Royal Tank Regiment, R.A.C.
Service number: 7885042
Date of death: 21 November 1941 at the age of 26
Killed in action in the Middle East
Memorial: Alamein, column 21
Local memorial: Lewis War Memorial
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WESTVIEW TERRACE
Private WILLIAM A MACIVER
Last address in Lewis: 3 Westview Terrace, Stornoway
Son of Alexander John MacIver and of Annie MacIver (nee Darch), of Toronto, Ontario.
Service: Royal Hamilton Light Infantry (Canada), RCIC
Service number: B/133413
Date of death: 25 July 1944 at the age of 21
Killed in action in Normandy
Interred: Bretteville-sur-Laize Canadian War Cemetery, grave XII. A. 14
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Second Engineer AULAY MACDONALD
Last address in Lewis: 4 Westview Terrace, Stornoway
Service: Merchant Navy
Date of death: 17 November 1940 at the age of 40
Lost on SS Widestone sunk by U-184, which was sunk itself 4 days later
Lieutenant ATHOLL MACLEAN
Last address in Lewis: 7 Westview Terrace, Stornoway
Son of Hector Henry and Daisy Miriam McLean, of Falkirk, Stirlingshire.
Service: Royal Artillery, 84 Anti-Tank Regt.
Service number: 145580
Date of death: 5 November 1942 at the age of 22
Interred: Alexandria (Hadra) War Memorial Cemetery, grave 4. B. 11
Killed in action at El Alamein
SANDWICK PARK
Volunteer EFFIE NICOLSON
Last address in Lewis: 3 Sandwick Park, Stornoway
Date of death: 13 March 1944 at the age of 52
Died of natural causes at Whitley Bay
Gunner JOHN CAMPBELL
Kyler
Last address in Lewis: 10 Sandwick Park, Stornoway
Son of Malcolm and Marion Campbell, of Stornoway, Isle of Lewis.
Service: Ross Mountain Battery, 203 Bty. 51 Anti-Tank Regt.
Service number: 852171
Date of death: between 10 and 12 June 1940 at the age of 21
Killed in action at St Valery
Memorial: Dunkirk, column 11
Local memorial: Lewis War Memorial
Seaman HUGH JOHN SMITH
Hugh Kady
Last address in Lewis: 13 Sandwick Park, Stornoway
Service: United States Mercantile Marine
Date of death: 23 February 1943 at the age of 19
Lost on Panamanian tanker Winkler sunk by U-223
Local memorial: Lewis War Memorial
MARYBANK
Lance Corporal WILLIAM FRASER
Last address in Lewis: 7 Bennadrove Road, Stornoway
Son of Andrew and Mary Fraser, of Stornoway, Isle of Lewis.
Service: 5th Cameron Highlanders
Service number: 2939689
Date of death: 5 October 1944 at the age of 22
Presumed killed in Holland. Fought from El Alamein to Tunis, then Sicily. Formally declared dead in October 1945.
Interred: Uden War Cemetery (Holland), grave 6. C. 13.
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Seaman NORMAN MACLEAN
Last address in Lewis: 3 Maryhill, Stornoway
Son of Murdo and Christina MacLean; husband of Marion MacLean, of Stornoway, Isle of Lewis.
Service: Royal Naval Reserve
Service number: LT/X7681/C
Date of death: 18 July 1940 at the age of 37
Killed in action on HMT Rinovia
Originally from 12 Swainbost
Interred: Haslar Royal Naval Cemetery, grave E. 53. 14
Leading Seaman JOHN MURDO NICOLSON
Last address in Lewis: 3 Marybank, Stornoway
Son of John and Christina Nicholson, of Stornoway, Isle of Lewis; husband of Williamina Nicolson, of Stornoway.
Service: Royal Naval Reserve
Service number: D/5685/D
Date of death: 23 November 1939 at the age of 36
Lost on HMS Rawalpindi, sunk in North Atlantic after engaging German battlecruisers Scharnhorst and Gneisenau
Originally from 36 Lower Bayble
Mentioned on family gravestone in Eye Cemetery, Lewis
Memorial: Plymouth Naval, panel 35, column 3
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Corporal DONALD MACRITCHIE
Dolly
Last address in Lewis: Marybank, Stornoway
Son of Catherine McRitchie, of Stornoway, Isle of Lewis.
Service: 7th Seaforth Highlanders
Service number: 2824107
Date of death: 6 August 1944 at the age of 28
Killed in action on the day Vire, Normandy, was taken
Interred: St Charles de Percy War Cemetery, grave VI. A. 12.
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Able Seaman WILLIAM MACLEOD
Last address in Lewis: Marybank, Stornoway
Service: Royal Naval Reserve
Service number: D/5476D
Date of death: 23 November 1939 at the age of 26
Lost on HMS Rawalpindi, sunk in North Atlantic after engaging German battlecruisers Scharnhorst and Gneisenau
Originally from 14 Sheshader
Memorial: Plymouth Naval, panel 35, column 3
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Sergeant (W. Op/Obs) ALISTAIR ROBERT MACKAY
Last address in Lewis: Marybank, Stornoway
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Alexander MacKay; stepson of Annie MacKay (nee Macleod), of Stornoway.
Service: Royal Air Force Voluntary Reserve, 143 Sqdn
Service number: 979566
Date of death: 31 May 1942 at the age of 25
Lost on operations
His remains were recovered from sea near Islay
Interred: Sandwick Cemetery, section O, grave 1859
Local memorial: Lewis War Memorial
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Associated with Stornoway
Lance Corporal JAMES MURDO MCFADYEN
Son of William and Donaldina Kennedy McFadyen, of Nitshill, Glasgow.
Service: Royal Corps of Signals
Service number: 2343935
Date of death: 6 March 1945 at the age of 25
Interred: Glasgow (St Peter's) Roman Catholic Cemetery, sec 18, grave 3269
Was the grandnephew of the late Stornoway provost Alexander Maclennan View tribute here
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