Remember, remember, the 11th of November

Armistice Day is nearly upon us, and I feel it is appropriate
to post a reminder of my links that commemorate the Fallen from the
Outer Hebrides in both World Wars.

Centenary of Sacrifice
is an on-going project, which will post the names of all the Fallen
from these islands on the date, 100 years later, on which they died.



Isle of Lewis



Faces from the Lewis War Memorial

A listing of the casualties from Lewis from WW1.



Lewismen lost in the Great War

A
listing of the casualties from Lewis from WW1, including all available
information (e.g. images of war graves, transcript of Stornoway Gazette
tributes etc).



Roll of Honour, Isle of Lewis 1914-1919

A transcript of Loyal Lewis, Roll of Honour, listing all from the island who served during WW1



Tributes for the War Memorial

A transcript of tributes from the Stornoway Gazette to WW1 casualties from Lewis



Tributes for the War Memorial (WW2)

A transcript of tributes from the Stornoway Gazette to WW2 casualties from Lewis



John Macaulay RNR and SS Kenmare

The story of one WW1 casualty, the ship on which he died and the U-boat that launched the fatal torpedo



Lewismen in Australian service

A listing of those WW1 casualties who served with the Australian forces



Lewismen in Canadian service

A listing of those WW1 casualties from Lewis who served with the Canadian Expeditionary Force



Lewismen from the 2nd Seaforth Highlanders

A
listing of WW1 casualties from the 2nd battalion Seaforth Highlanders ,
accompanied by transcripts from the battalion war diary for the day on
which they died.



Iolaire Disaster 1919

Listing of all casualties who died in the sinking of HMY Iolaire on New Year's Day 1919



HMS Timbertown

About the internment camp at Groningen, Holland, where 105 Lewismen were interned during WW1



World War II tribute for Lewis

A listing of WW2 casualties from Lewis



Wargraves in Lewis

Photographs of all CWGC and private wargraves in Lewis and information on the casualties



War memorials in Lewis

Photographs of all war memorials in Lewis with transcripts.



Southern Isles

Outer Hebrides losses in the Great War

A
listing of military and personal details of the WW1 casualties from
Harris, Berneray, North Uist, Grimsay, South Uist, Eriskay and Barra



Berneray to Vatersay tribute

A listing of the WW1 and WW2 casualties from
Berneray, North Uist, Grimsay, South Uist, Eriskay and Barra



Harris War Memorial

A listing of the casualties from Harris from WW1 and WW2.



Western Isles wargraves

A listing of all wargraves in the Western Isles, listed by cemetery



Western Isles war memorials

A listing of all war memorials in the Western Isle



Other

Lyness Royal Naval Cemetery

A
listing of photographs of wargraves and military information of  the
casualties, interred at the Lyness Royal Naval Cemetery in Orkney

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