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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 11997 Royal Naval Reserve
Royal Navy 11997.D.A. (CH) Deck Hand Royal Naval Reserve: HM Drifter Aspire
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Born 1900
Died 1919
Royal Navy DA 20072 Royal Naval Reserve
Royal Navy 20072.D.A. (Ch) Deck Hand Royal Naval Reserve: HMS Victory
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Born 1892
Died 1919
Royal Navy A 3046 Royal Naval Reserve
Royal Navy 3046A (Ch) Seaman Royal Naval Reserve: HMS Victory
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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
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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
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Born 1887
Died 1919
Royal Navy DA 7246 Royal Naval Reserve
Royal Navy 7246.D.A. (CH) 2nd Hand Royal Naval Reserve: HM Trawler Romilly
More about Roderick Mckenzie -
Born 1899
Died 1919
Royal Navy DA 19890 Royal Naval Reserve
Royal Navy 19899 D.A. (Ch) Deck Hand Royal Naval Reserve: HMS Implacable
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Born 1885
Died 1919
Other Empire Force Carpenter Mercantile Marine Reserve
Other Empire Force Carpenter Mercantile Marine Reserve: HM Yacht Iolaire
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Born 1891
Died 1919
Royal Navy A 3320 Royal Naval Reserve
Royal Navy 3320.A. (Ch) Seaman Royal Naval Reserve: HMS Pembroke
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Born 1881
Died 1919
Royal Navy B 3516 Royal Naval Reserve
Royal Navy 3516.B. (CH) Seaman Royal Naval Reserve: HMS Duchess of Devonshire
More about John Smith -
Born 1877
Died 1919
Royal Navy Royal Naval Reserve
Royal Navy 3892/B Seaman Royal Naval Reserve: H.M. Yacht "Iolaire"
Royal Navy B 3892 Royal Naval Reserve
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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
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Died 1919
Other Empire Force Leading Deck Hand Mercantile Marine Reserve, H.M. Yacht "Iolaire."
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Born 1881
Died 1919
Royal Navy C 3391 Royal Naval Reserve
Royal Navy 3391.C. (Ch.) Seaman Royal Naval Reserve: HM Trawler Ariel
More about Norman Montgomery -
Born 1889
Died 1919
Royal Navy A 4490 Royal Naval Reserve
Royal Navy 4490.A. (CH) Seaman Royal Naval Reserve: HMS Seahorse
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Born 1900
Died 1919
Royal Navy Z/9964 Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve: Clyde Division
Royal Navy Clyde Z/9964. Ordinary Seaman Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve: Depot Crystal Palace
More about Donald Macleod -
Born 1900
Died 1919
Royal Navy DA 20774 Royal Naval Reserve
Royal Navy 20774.D.A. (Ch) Deck Hand Royal Naval Reserve: HM Trawler Sabreur
More about Malcolm Macleod -
Born 1877
Died 1919
Royal Navy 2808/C Seaman Royal Naval Reserve: H.M. Yacht "Iolaire"
Royal Navy 2808/C Seaman Royal Naval Reserve
Royal Navy C 2808 Royal Naval Reserve
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Born 1900
Died 1919
Other Empire Force Deck Hand Mercantile Marine Reserve
Other Empire Force Deck Hand Mercantile Marine Reserve: HM Yacht Iolaire
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Born 1900
Died 1919
Royal Navy DA 20516 Royal Naval Reserve
Royal Navy 20516.D.A. (CH) Deck Hand Royal Naval Reserve: HMS Venerable
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