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Upper Shader / Siadar Iarach

Petty Officer MALCOLM MATHESON
Last address in Lewis: 3 Upper Shader
Son of John and Mary Matheson; husband of Kate Matheson, of Stornoway, Isle of Lewis
Service: Royal Naval Reserve
Service number: C/6000D
Date of death: 12 June 1942 at the age of 43
Lost when HMS Grove was sunk by U-77
Memorial: Chatham Naval, panel 65, column 3
Local memorial: North Lewis, Borve

Private MURDO MACKAY
Last address in Lewis: 21 Upper Shader
Son of John and Annie Mackay, of Upper Shader, Isle of Lewis, Scotland.
Service: 5th Black Watch, Royal Highlanders
Service number: 14327425
Date of death: 14 August 1944 at the age of 19
Lost in France
Interred: Bretteville-sur-Laize Canadian War Cemetery, grave XXII F 7
Local memorial: North Lewis, Borve
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Seaman ANGUS MACDONALD
Last address in Lewis: 26 Upper Shader
Service: Royal Naval Reserve
Lost on HMS Veteran on 12 June 1944 at the age of 38
[ship quoted lost on 26/9/42]
Local memorial: North Lewis, Borve

Seaman ALEXANDER MARTIN
Last address in Lewis: 27 Upper Shader
Service: Royal Naval Reserve
Date of death: 11 December 1942 at the age of 20
Lost at sea
Local memorial: North Lewis, Borve

Writer DONALD ANGUS MACDONALD
Last address in Lewis: 28 Upper Shader
Son of Norman and Mary MacDonald, of Stornoway, Isle of Lewis.
Service: Royal Naval Reserve
Service number: C/MX95270
Date of death: 11 December 1942 at the age of 20
Lost on HMS Blean sunk by U-443
Memorial: Chatham Naval, panel 64, column 1
Mentioned on family gravestone in Barvas Cemetery, Lewis
Local memorial: North Lewis, Borve
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Able Seaman DONALD MACDONALD

Last address in Lewis: Clyde, Upper Shader
Service: Royal Naval Reserve
Service number: P/X7239C
Date of death: 31 August 1940 at the age of 56
Lost in mining of HMS Esk
Interred: Hamburg Cemetery, grave 10A F 6
Local memorial: North Lewis, Borve
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