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HM Yacht Iolaire
HM Yacht Iolaire
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 1898
Died 1919
Royal Navy DA 12088 Royal Naval Reserve
Royal Navy 12088.D.A. (CH) Deck Hand Royal Naval Reserve: HM Trawler Urka
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Born 1882
Died 1919
Royal Navy C 3343 Royal Naval Reserve
Royal Navy 3343.C. (CH) Seaman Royal Naval Reserve: HMS Seahorse
More about Norman Mcleod -
Born 1875
Died 1919
Royal Navy C 3026 Royal Naval Reserve
Royal Navy 3026.C. (CH) Acting Leading Seaman Royal Naval Reserve: SS Norwood
More about John Morrison -
Born 1873
Died 1919
Royal Navy B 3356 Royal Naval Reserve
Royal Navy 3356 B(Ch) Seaman Royal Naval Reserve: HMS Victory
More about Donald Campbell -
Born 1874
Died 1919
Royal Navy Commander Royal Naval Reserve HMY Iolaire
Royal Navy 00992 Lieutenant Commander Royal Naval Reserve
More about Richard Gordon William Mason -
Born 1875
Died 1919
Royal Navy C 1750 Royal Naval Reserve
Royal Navy 1750.C.(CH) Seaman Royal Naval Reserve: HMS Cangesz
More about Roderick Morrison -
Born 1894
Died 1919
Other Empire Force 821982 Deck Hand Mercantile Marine Reserve, HMY Iolaire
More about Henry Or Henry Orley Mariner -
Born 1876
Died 1919
Royal Navy D 1903 Royal Naval Reserve
Royal Navy 1903.D. (CH) Seaman Royal Naval Reserve: HMS Victory
More about Murdo Mclean -
Born 1867
Died 1919
Royal Navy SD 1427 Royal Naval Reserve
Royal Navy 1427.S.D. (CH) Deck Hand Royal Naval Reserve: HMS Dreel Castle
More about Donald Mcleod -
Born 1899
Died 1919
Royal Navy DA 19890 Royal Naval Reserve
Royal Navy 19899 D.A. (Ch) Deck Hand Royal Naval Reserve: HMS Implacable
More about John Macleod -
Born 1870
Died 1919
Royal Navy 1848/D Seaman Royal Naval Reserve
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Born 1873
Died 1919
Royal Navy 2554C Leading Seaman Royal Naval Reserve. H.M.S. "Arrogant."
Royal Navy C 2554 Royal Naval Reserve
Royal Navy 2554.C. (CH) Leading Seaman Royal Naval Reserve: HMS Arrogant
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Born 1884
Died 1919
Royal Navy DA 21143 Royal Naval Reserve
Royal Navy 21143. D.A. (Ch.) Deck Hand Royal Naval Reserve: HMS Gunner
More about Donald Mcaskill -
Born 1891
Died 1919
Royal Navy 2966/A Seaman Royal Naval Reserve. H.M.S. "Wallington."
Royal Navy A 2966 Royal Naval Reserve
Royal Navy 2966.A. (CH) Seaman Royal Naval Reserve: HMS Wallington
More about Roderick John Macdonald -
Born 1874
Died 1919
Royal Navy SD 1445 Royal Naval Reserve
Royal Navy 1445.S.D. (Ch.) Deck Hand Royal Naval Reserve: HM Trawler Unity
More about Angus Montgomery -
Born 1890
Died 1919
Royal Navy DA 11907 Royal Naval Reserve
Royal Navy 11907.D.A. (Ch.) Leading Deck Hand Royal Naval Reserve: HM Trawler Iceland
More about Malcolm Matheson -
Born 1898
Died 1919
Royal Navy SD 4435 Royal Naval Reserve
Royal Navy 4435.S.D. (Ch) Deck Hand Royal Naval Reserve: HMML 502
More about John Macleod -
Born 1895
Died 1919
Royal Navy A 8896 Royal Naval Reserve
Royal Navy 8896.A. (CH) Seaman Royal Naval Reserve: HMS Dublin
More about Malcolm Mcinnes -
Born 1899
Died 1919
Royal Navy J86329 Ordinary Seaman HMS Roxburgh
More about Roderick Murray -
Born 1873
Died 1919
Royal Navy D 1830 Royal Naval Reserve
Royal Navy 1830/D Seaman Royal Naval Reserve: HMS Imperieuse
Royal Navy 1830.D. (CH) Seaman Royal Naval Reserve: HMS Imperieuse
More about Angus Macdonald