Faces from the War Memorial. Roll of Honour World War I. This is my personal website, which encompasses the Outer Hebrides, with a strong focus on Lewis and Harris, as well as parts of The Netherlands. The site has an extensive page with links to my work on local war history in the islands. A selection is featured in the links panel, left; there is much more from the War History page itself.

Experiences of an english soldier. Web Links of Historic Interest. Faces from lewis war memorial. A Millions Book of Laughter. Goodnight Little Blue Eyed Girl. I gave my Life for Thee. I know a Lovely Garden.

Casualties from the Isle of Harris from World Wars I and II. Casualties from other islands in the Outer Hebrides. This site lists the casualties of World War I and World War II from the Isle of Harris in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. They are listed by village from which they set forth, never to return alive.

A listing of casualties of the sinking of H. Iolaire on 1 January 1919 outside Stornoway Harbour. This listing shows all on board HMY Iolaire at 1. 55 am on 1 January 1919, grouped by village where the men came from. The list was compiled by Malcolm Macdonald of the Stornoway Historical Society in February 2006, amended August 2007. A full list of names can be viewed here. Pictures of gravestones from own collection.

War Memorials in the Isle of Lewis. The Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland, has made a proportionately large sacrifice in the two World Wars of the 20th century. This war is held to have ended in 1919 in the island on account of the Iolaire Disaster. And Second World War Tribute for Lewis.

Lewismen from the 2nd Seaforth Highlanders. An account of each day when one of them was lost in action during the First World War. 11 April 1917 - diary entry. 1 July 1916 - war diary. 4 and 5 May 1915.

World War II Tribute for Lewis. A listing of casualties from the Second World War from the Isle of Lewis. World War II Tribute for Lewis. This site stands alongside Faces of the War Memorial. It remembers those from the Isle of Lewis who gave their life during World War II. The list, ordered by village, cannot be comprehensive, as many hundreds and even thousands of people emigrated overseas from the island, leaving at times no indication that there was a connection to the Hebrides.

Monday, 1 January 2018. This is the full story, as told on this blog in five parts between 6pm on December 31st and 9am on January 1st. The mailsteamer for Stornoway, the Sheila. Is alongside at Kyle, but it very rapidly becomes clear that she has nowhere near enough space to accommodate the hundreds that want to go home to Lewis and Harris. So, a cable is sent to the naval base at Stornoway, and Rear Admiral Boyle sends HMY Iolaire. The former private steamyacht Amalthea.

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Ness, Habost, New Cemetery. Faces from the Lewis War Memorial. World War II Tribute for Lewis. This site does not claim to be comprehensive, accurate or indeed without error. All supplementary information is more than welcome; please leave a note in the Guestbook, with as much identifying information as possible. Barvas and Brue Historical Society. The site is established .