War Memorials Elsewhere, - Isle of Lewis, - Stornoway

The Isle of Lewis War Memorial (1)
Photo © Copyright Chris McLean and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence

The Isle of Lewis War Memorial (2)
Photo Isle of Lewis War Memorials website

The Isle of Lewis War Memorial consists of a tower, erected on a hilltop on the northern outskirts of Stornoway. The memorial plaques were removed from the interior of the tower due to the effects of water ingress, which made the tower unsafe to enter. They are now mounted on blocks of Lewisian gneiss, arranged in a part circle outside and below the tower.

The memorial itself can only be approached on foot, either from Stewart Avenue (off Macaulay Road, the A857 to Barabhas / Port Nis) or Memorial Avenue (signposted from the A859 to Tairbeart).

The memorial commemorates the names of 1151 men who fell in the First World War and 376 in the Second World War on the 23 bronze plaques. The history and details of the memorial are comprehensively dealt with on the "Faces From The Lewis Memorial" website, who generously permit re-use of their material.

Three soldiers who served with the Yorkshire Regiment are commemorated on this memorial.

L/Cpl Malcolm MacInnes. 41870. 13th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Norman and Christina MacInnes, of 2, Callanish, Stornoway, Lewis. Killed 13 April 1918.
Born Callanish (Isle of Lewis), Enlisted Manchester, Resided Heaton Chapel (Manchester)
Commemorated on Panel 4, PLOEGSTEERT MEMORIAL.
(A photo and further details of L/Cpl MacInnes can be found on http://facesmemorial.blogspot.co.uk/2007/07/callanish-calanais.html)

Private Finlay MacIver. 33890. 13th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 199 Army Veterinary Corps. Son of the late Kenneth and Eliza MacIver. B.Sc. (Aberdeen). Died 22 March 1918. Aged 24.
Enlisted Stornaway (Lewis).
Commemorated Bay 5, ARRAS MEMORIAL.
(Shown on the plaque above as "Serjeant MacIver")
(A photo and further details of Pte MacIver can be found http://facesmemorial.blogspot.co.uk/2007/06/barvas.html )

Private John A MacRae. 235609. 13th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 4351 Scottish Horse. Son of James and Catherine MacRae, of Viewfield, Lewis St., Stornoway. Born at Stornoway. Killed 23 November 1917. Aged 39.
Born Stornaway (Lewis), Enlisted Stornaway (Lewis).
Buried HERMIES BRITISH CEMETERY.
(Shown on the memorial as "Trooper"John MacRae)
(A photo and further details of Pte MacRae can be found http://facesmemorial.blogspot.co.uk/2007/07/stornoway-steornabhagh.html)

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L/Cpl MacInnes' Name on the Isle of Lewis War Memorial	Pte MacIver's Name on the Isle of Lewis War Memorial	Pte MacRae's' Name on the Isle of Lewis War Memorial

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