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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 1896
Died 1919
Royal Navy DA 19804 Royal Naval Reserve
Royal Navy 19804.D.A. (Ch) Deck Hand Royal Naval Reserve: HM Trawler Joseph Burgen
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Born 1900
Died 1919
Royal Navy A9534 Royal Naval Reserve
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Born 1898
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Royal Navy DA 12081 Royal Naval Reserve
Royal Navy 12081.D.A. (CH) Deck Hand Royal Naval Reserve: HMS Wallington
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Born 1900
Died 1919
Royal Navy DA 21746 Royal Naval Reserve
Royal Navy 21746.D.A. (CH) Deck Hand Royal Naval Reserve: HM Trawler David Conn
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Born 1892
Died 1919
Royal Navy A 3074 Royal Naval Reserve
Royal Navy 3074/A Seaman Royal Naval Reserve: HMS Emperor of India
Royal Navy 3074.A. (CH) Seaman Royal Naval Reserve: HMS Emperor of India
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Born 1898
Died 1919
Royal Navy DA 12126 Royal Naval Reserve
Royal Navy 12126/DA Deck Hand Royal Naval Reserve: HM Trawler St Ayles
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Born 1884
Died 1919
Royal Navy SD 4443 Royal Naval Reserve
Royal Navy 4443.S.D. (CH) Deck Hand Royal Naval Reserve: HMS Implacable
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Born 1878
Died 1919
Royal Navy B 2736 Royal Naval Reserve
Royal Navy 2736.B. (Ch) Seaman Royal Naval Reserve: HMS Excellent
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Born 1887
Died 1919
Royal Navy SD 4004 Royal Naval Reserve
Royal Navy 4004 SD (CH) Deck Hand Royal Naval Reserve: HM Drifter Violet II
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Born 1879
Died 1919
Royal Navy A 2745 Royal Naval Reserve
Royal Navy 2745.A. (CH) Seaman Royal Naval Reserve: HMS Imperieuse
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Born 1875
Died 1919
South African Services C 2619 Royal Naval Reserve
Royal Navy 2619.C. (CH) Seaman Royal Naval Reserve: HMS Victory
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Born 1898
Died 1919
Royal Navy DA 14310 Royal Naval Reserve
Royal Navy 14310.D.A. (CH) Leading Deck Hand Royal Naval Reserve: HMS Implacable
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Born 1882
Died 1919
Royal Navy DA 11708 Royal Naval Reserve
Royal Navy 11708.D.A. (CH) 2nd Hand Royal Naval Reserve: HMS Pembroke
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Born 1893
Died 1919
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Royal Navy DA 17041 Royal Naval Reserve
Royal Navy 17041.D.A. (Ch) Deck Hand Royal Naval Reserve: HMS Vivid
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Born 1898
Died 1919
Royal Navy DA 13258 Royal Naval Reserve
Royal Navy 13258. D.A. (Ch) Deck Hand Royal Naval Reserve: HM Trawler Scarboro
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Born 1886
Died 1919
Royal Navy A 8055 Royal Naval Reserve
Royal Navy 8055.A. (CH) Seaman Royal Naval Reserve: HMS Pembroke
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Born 1890
Died 1919
Royal Navy A 5937 Royal Naval Reserve
Royal Navy 5937.A. (Ch) Seaman Royal Naval Reserve: HMS Albermarle
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Born 1899
Died 1919
Royal Navy DA 19531 Royal Naval Reserve
Royal Navy 19551.D.A. (Ch) Deck Hand Royal Naval Reserve: HM Trawler Daniel Henrey
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Born 1885
Died 1919
Royal Navy B 3553 Royal Naval Reserve
Royal Navy 3553.B. (CH) Seaman Royal Naval Reserve: SS Saxonia
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Born 1877
Died 1919
Royal Navy C 2046 Royal Naval Reserve
Royal Navy 2046.C. (Ch.) Leading Seaman Royal Naval Reserve: HMS Nairn
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