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Local history blog Pentland Road First World War - Lewis Faces from the War Memorial Roll of Honour WW 1 Iolaire Disaster Lewis Internees in Holland (external link) Lewismen in Canadian service Lewismen from the 2nd Seaforths Gazette Tributes WW1 Second World War - Lewis World War II Tribute Gazette Tributes WW2 Other islands' memorials Harris WW1 and WW2 Uist & Barra Memorial, WW1 and WW2 Wargraves & memorials War Graves in Lewis War Graves in Western Isles War Memorials in Lewis War Memorials in the Western Isles Lyness Royal Naval Cemetery Napier Commission reports Outer Hebrides Isle of Skye Shetland Orkney Sutherland Ross-shire (mainland) Inverness-shire Witnesses to the Napier Commission	The history of the Isle of Lewis is dominated by two major events. The Clearances, leading to displacement to elsewhere in Lewis and overseas, and the First World War. With regards the Clearances, and the struggle for land that took place in Lewis, I am transcribing several sections of the findings of the Napier Commission, which visited the Outer Hebrides in May and June 1883. This work is currently expanding to other areas of the Highlands and Islands which the Commission visited. The family history for the witnesses from the Outer Hebrides has been researched (for as much as possible) in Witnesses to the Napier Commission. Related to war history, the Roll of Honour lists all those from Lewis who signed up for service in the First World War. It is a direct, unamended, transcription of the original document, first published in 1921. Faces from the War Memorial is an attempt to put on-line a list of names, details and where possible portraits of those who laid down their lives for King and Country during the Great War. Separate attention is paid to the Iolaire Disaster of 1st January 1919, when 205 sailors, mostly from Lewis, drowned within sight of Stornoway when their ship, the Iolaire, hit rocks at the Beasts of Holm. Only 75 were saved. Apart from the First World War and Lewis, listings are also provided for the other islands in the Outer Hebrides, from Harris down to Barra. Tributes to the Fallen of both World Wars, as printed in the Stornoway Gazette have been transcribed onto two separate websites (Gazette Tributes). I copy some of my findings on the Pentland Road blog.	Historical Societies Barvas & Brue Stornoway North Tolsta Ness Pairc Uig West Side Hebridean Connections Other resources Commonwealth War Graves Commission Archives Canada Australian Archives Museums New Zealand Volksbund (Germany) Get in touch Feel free to leave a message on the Guestbook, please mention this site in your message
Hebridean Connections	Iolaire Memorial, Holm	HMS Timbertown, internment camp at Groningen, Holland