Son of John and Isabella Murray; husband of Agnes Murray, of Swainbost.
Last address in Lewis: 14 Swainbost
Service: 3rd Seaforth Highlanders
Service number: 2826101
Date of death: 26 July 1943 at the age of 46
Interred: Habost Cemetery, Ness
Local memorial: North Lewis, Cross
Seaman ALEXANDER GRAHAM
Last address in Lewis: 19 Swainbost
Son of John and Margaret Graham; husband of Annie Graham, of Partick, Glasgow.
Service: Royal Naval Reserve
Service number: P/X7060C
Date of death: 23 May 1941 at the age of 35
Lost on HMS Fiji sunk by German aircraft in the Battle of Crete
Survived sinking of AMC Transylvania
Memorial: Portsmouth Naval, panel 60, column 2
Local memorial: North Lewis, Cross
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Seaman MALCOLM MURRAY
Last address in Lewis: 20 Swainbost
Son of John and Catherine Murray, of Ness, Stornoway, Isle of Lewis.
Service: Royal Naval Reserve
Service number: P/X20211A
Date of death: 3 September 1940 at the age of 20
Lost in mining of HMS Esk
Memorial: Portsmouth Naval, panel 44, column 1
Local memorial: North Lewis, Cross
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Seaman MALCOLM MURRAY
Last address in Lewis: 21 Swainbost
Son of Donald and Flora Murray; husband of Margaret Murray, of Glasgow.
Service: Royal Naval Reserve
Service number: P/X9380B
Date of death: 24 January 1941 at the age of 26
Lost on HMS Manistee sunk by U-107
Memorial: Portsmouth Naval, panel 60, column 2
Local memorial: North Lewis, Cross
Able Seaman MALCOLM MACLEAN
Last address in Lewis: 36 Swainbost
Service: Merchant Navy
Date of death: 13 August 1942 at the age of 52
Lost on MV Waimarama in Malta Convoy
Memorial: Tower Hill, panel 116
Local memorial: North Lewis, Cross
Leading Seaman MURDO MACLEOD
Last address in Lewis: 48 Swainbost
Son of Colin McLeod and of Catherine McLeod (nee Morrison), of Swainbost Ness; husband of Mary McLeod (nee Smith), of Lochs.
Service: Royal Naval Reserve, H.M. Trawler William Stephens
Service number: LT/X21428A
Date of death: 25 October 1943 at the age of 28
Lost in action off Harwich in E-boat attack
Interred at Crossbost
Local memorial: North Lewis, Cross
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