Roll of Honour

Isle of Lewis

1914-1919
If you would like to know more about any of the names in the Roll of Honour, please contact one of the Historical Societies / Comunn Eachdraidh listed on the right or click on the Kontactr button below.


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This is a transcript of "Loyal Lewis Roll of Honour 1914-1918". Although some information has been paraphrased, it is basically a literal transcript, with no additional information. The Roll of Honour, published in 1921, is not a comprehensive listing of all servicemen from the Isle of Lewis. It is nonetheless an important historical document, which merits publication on-line.

Listed below are all the villages from Lewis, from where servicemen and women departed to serve King and Country between 1914 and 1918. The basic statistics make for sobering reading.

- Every second man in the island joined up, just over 6,000 in total
- Of these, every fifth man was to lose his life during or shortly after the war
- More than two hundred drowned in the sinking of HMY Iolaire

The listing below is by village name; a separate listing by surname is to be published soon.
When following the link, a page will appear, at the bottom of which is a ribbon of village names in the relevant parish where the village is located. Men belonging to different families at the same address are shown in different shadings.

The listings for the town of Stornoway are given by street, as shown on that webpage.
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Faces from the War Memorial
(listing of the Fallen from Lewis)
Western Isles War Graves
Western Isles War Memorials

Historical Societies
Stornoway
North Tolsta 
Ness
Barvas & Brue
West Side
East Loch Roag
Uig
South Lochs (Pairc)
North Lochs

Hebridean Connections
Achmore
Adabrock
Aignish
Aird, Point
Aird Dell
Aird Tong
Aird Uig
Ardroil
Arivruaich
Arnol
Back
Balallan
Ballantrushal
Barvas Park
Barvas, Lower
Barvas, Upper
Bayble, Lower
Bayble, Upper
Bragar, South
Bragar, North
Bennadrove
Benside
Borroston
Borve
Branahuie
Breaclet
Breasclet
Brenish
Broker
Brue
Calbost
Callanish
Carishader
Carloway
Caversta
Cleascro
Cliff
Coll
Coulregrein
Croir
Cromore
Cross
Crossbost
Crowlista
Crulivig
Dell, North
Dell, South
Dun Carloway
Earshader
Enaclete
Eorodale
Eoropie
Fivepenny
Flesherin
Garenin
Garrabost, Lower
Garrabost, Upper
Garrabost, New
Garynahine
Garyvard
Gelir
Geshader
Glen Tolsta
Gravir
Grimshader
Guershader
Habost, Ness
Habost, Lochs
Hacklet
Hamnaway
Holm
Islivig

Keose
Kershader
Kinlochroag
Kirivick
Kirkibost
Kneep
Knock, Point
Knock, Carloway
Knockaird
Laxay
Laxdale
Lemreway
Leurbost
Lionel
Lochganvich
Lower Sandwick
Lundale
Mangersta
Marvig
Melbost
Mid Borve

New Park, Callanish
Newvalley
North Tolsta
Park Carloway
Park, Bayble
Port of Ness
Portnaguran
Portvoller
Raerinish
Sandwick
Shader, Point
Shader (Barvas), Upper
Shader (Barvas), Lower
Shawbost, North
Shawbost, South
Shawbost, New
Sheshader
Shiltnish
Skigersta
Stenish
Stornoway
Swainbost
Swordale
Tobson
Tolsta Chaolais
Tong
Ungishader
Valtos
Vatisker