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Born in 1941 I have no memories of the war except vague recollections of playing with a gas mask and my Dad bringing home sweets when he returned from the Army.

I love reading memoirs from World Ward 2 and films depicting true facts. Enigma is one of my favourite films and although life must have been precarious and scary the very danger added to the depth of appreciation of what one had. Technology we may have today but life then I feel must have been more rewarding and seldom…

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The picture from the collection of Uig Historical Society shows a group of sailors aboard HMS Carmania during the Great War.  HMS Carmania was a Cunard liner (built 1905) which was converted into an Armed Merchant Carrier, and later served as a troopship.  In the very early stages of the war, on 14…

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Island Heroes is published by the Islands Book Trust and consists of the proceedings of their three-day conference held on this subject in Shawbost, Lewis in 2008.  Chapters:

 

No Great Mischief - Frank Thompson

The Outer Hebrides During the Wars of Empire and Revolution, 1750-1815 - Andrew…

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Donald Macdonald, Domhnall a Ghreusaich, (1881-1940) was the son of Donald Macdonald, the shoemaker in Geshader, Uig, Isle of Lewis. He was in the RNR, ON 4254 SD and was mentioned in Dispatches in March 1919 and awarded the Distinguished Service Medal as a result of an incident in the Channel. He…

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February 1940 - March 1945

 

 

How the collection came…

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Seonnaidh Gorabhaig, John Maclean, was born in the tiny village of Ungeshader, Lewis, in 1888. He was unmarried and remained in the family home at No. 3 with his brother Peter ("the Coll") and latterly Peter’s wife Effie. The two brothers built Taigh na Coll themselves in the 1930s, carrying the stone in from half a mile away.



Seonnaidh served in the Royal Naval Reserve and was called up in 1914 to join the First Naval Brigade. He was posted to Antwerp and was taken prisoner, a… Continue

During the Second World War, five Macdonald brothers from the village of Valtos, Uig, Isle of Lewis, served at sea. The five sailors were sons of Donald and Christina Macdonald 22 Valtos.



Their mother Christina (nee Maciver), formerly of 25 Valtos, had lost two brothers in the First World War. Norman Maciver serving on a destroyer was swept overboard and lost in 1915 and Murdo Maciver in the Canadian Seaforths was killed in action in France… Continue

Memories of Enaclete, Uig, Isle of Lewis during WW2, from Donald John Macleod (now Aberdeen) who grew up there. From Comann Eachdraidh Uig (www.ceuig.com) Continue

5 weeks from yesterday and we'll be launching the new Remembering Scotland At War website at Edinburgh Castle! Very exciting but sooooo much still to do!! Eeeeek!!!