This name has cropped up on a number of occasions and I decided that I needed to gather as many of the victims as I could. The Iolaire was carrying sailors who had fought in the First World War back to the Scottish island of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides. She left the port of Kyle of Lochalsh on the mainland late on the evening of 31 December 1918. At 2:30 a.m. on New Year's Day, as the ship approached the port of Stornoway, a few yards offshore and a mile away from the safety of Stornoway Harbour, she hit the infamous rocks "The Beasts of Holm" [Biastan Thuilm] and sank. The death toll was officially put at 205, of whom 181 men were islanders, but as the ship was badly overcrowded and there was a lack of proper records, the toll could have been slightly higher. Only 75 of the 280 (officially known) passengers survived the disaster. 73 percent of the men on the yacht perished in the incident. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMY_Iolaire The records of the men involved are very difficult to research because of the multiple men with the same names and surnames and we have based this list mainly on the CWGC records which may sometimes differ with the WW1 Naval casualties information. The most complete ROH appears to be at http://www.adb422006.com/Iolairelist.htm
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Born 1897
Died 1919
Royal Navy DA 18771 Deck Hand Royal Naval Reserve
Royal Navy 18771/DA Deck Hand Royal Naval Reserve - H.M. Yacht "Iolaire."
Royal Navy 18771.D.A. (PO) Deck Hand Royal Naval Reserve: HM Yacht Iolaire
Born 1886
Died 1919
Royal Navy A 7700 Seaman Royal Naval Reserve
Royal Navy 7700A Seaman Royal Naval Reserve - H.M.S. "Pembroke."
Royal Navy 7700.A. (Ch.) Seaman Royal Naval Reserve: HMS Pembroke
Born 1876
Died 1919
Royal Navy C 2373 Seaman Royal Naval Reserve
Royal Navy 2373/C Seaman Royal Naval Reserve - H.M. Yacht "Iolaire."
Royal Navy 2373.C. (CH) Seaman Royal Naval Reserve: HMS Muskerry
Born 1882
Died 1919
Royal Navy B 2688 Seaman Royal Naval Reserve
Royal Navy 2688B Leading Seaman Royal Naval Reserve - H.M.S. "Ganges."
Royal Navy 2688.B. (CH) Leading Seaman Royal Naval Reserve: HMS Ganges II
Born 1870
Died 1919
Royal Navy 1848/D Seaman Royal Naval Reserve
Born 1898
Died 1919
Royal Navy SD 4944 Royal Naval Reserve
Royal Navy 4944/SD Deck Hand Royal Naval Reserve: HM Trawler Sesostris
Born 1884
Died 1919
Royal Navy DA 21143 Royal Naval Reserve
Royal Navy 21143. D.A. (Ch.) Deck Hand Royal Naval Reserve: HMS Gunner
Born 1886
Died 1919
Royal Navy DA 14663 Royal Naval Reserve
Royal Navy 14663.D.A. (Ch) Deck Hand Royal Naval Reserve: HMS Venerable
Born 1899
Died 1919
Royal Navy TC 1186 Royal Naval Resrve
Royal Navy 1186.T.C. (Ch) Trimmer Cook Royal Naval Reserve: HMS Venerable
Born 1880
Died 1919
Royal Navy B 3689 Royal Naval Reserve
Royal Navy 3689.B. (CH) Seaman Royal Naval Reserve: HMS Emperor of India
Born 1900
Died 1919
Royal Navy DA 20536 Royal Naval Reserve
Royal Navy 20536. D.A. (Ch) Deck Hand Royal Naval Reserve: HM Trawler Matthew Flynn
Born 1896
Died 1919
Royal Navy SD 3455 Royal Naval Reserve
Royal Navy 3455.S.D. (CH) Deck Hand Royal Naval Reserve: HMS Idaho
Born 1873
Died 1919
Other Empire Force Mate Mercantile Marine Reserve, H.M. Yacht "Iolaire."
Born 1880
Died 1919
Royal Navy C 1855 Royal Naval Reserve
Royal Navy 1855.C. (CH) Seaman Royal Naval Reserve: HMS Pembroke
Born 1874
Died 1919
Royal Navy Commander Royal Naval Reserve HMY Iolaire
Royal Navy 00992 Lieutenant Commander Royal Naval Reserve
Born 1898
Died 1919
Royal Navy DA 14384 Royal Naval Reserve
Royal Navy 14384.D.A. (CH) Deck Hand Royal Naval Reserve: HMS Idaho
Born 1887
Died 1919
Royal Navy A 3329 Royal Naval Reserve
Royal Navy 3329.A. (Ch) Seaman Royal Naval Reserve: HMS Victory
Royal Navy 3329/A Seaman Royal Naval Reserve: HM Yacht Iolaire
Born 1889
Died 1919
Royal Navy A 4502 Royal Naval Reserve
Royal Navy 4502.A. (Ch.) Seaman Royal Naval Reserve: HM Yacht Seahorse
Born 1895
Died 1919
Royal Navy A 8896 Royal Naval Reserve
Royal Navy 8896.A. (CH) Seaman Royal Naval Reserve: HMS Dublin
Born 1888
Died 1919
Other Empire Force Assistant Steward Mercantile Marine Reserve
Other Empire Force Assistant Steward Mercantile Marine Reserve: HM Yacht Iolaire