Lewis War Memorial
Cnoc nan Uan, Stornoway. Erected 1920 as a memorial to those killed in the First World War. The monument is related in concept to that at Dingwall to "Eachann nan Cath" (Field Marshall Hector MacDonald) designed by James Sandford Kay in 1907. Lewis suffered disproportionately high losses on land and sea during the war, combined with the loss of 205 demobbed troops with the sinking of the "Iolair" on hogmanay 1918-1919.
Lewis War Memorial
Cnoc nan Uan, Stornoway. Erected 1920 as a memorial to those killed in the First World War. The monument is related in concept to that at Dingwall to "Eachann nan Cath" (Field Marshall Hector MacDonald) designed by James Sandford Kay in 1907. Lewis suffered disproportionately high losses on land and sea during the war, combined with the loss of 205 demobbed troops with the sinking of the "Iolair" on hogmanay 1918-1919.