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Pages	New feature: Roll of Honour for WW 1 for the Isle of Lewis, now on-line New feature: Harris, Uist and Barra War Memorials now also on-line	External Links
First World War - Lewis Faces from the War Memorial Roll of Honour WW 1 Iolaire Disaster Lewis Internees in Holland Second World War - Lewis World War II Tribute  Other islands' memorials Harris WW1 and WW2 Uist & Barra Memorial, WW1 Uist & Barra Memorial, WW2	The history of the Isle of Lewis is fascinating, although dominated by two major events. The Clearances, leading to displacement to elsewhere in Lewis and overseas, and the First World War. During the First World War, about 100 men from the island were deployed at Antwerp in October 1914, but on retreat from advancing German forces were marched into Holland to evade capture. They were interned in neutral Netherlands until the end of the war. Faces from the War Memorial is an attempt to put on-line a list of names, details and where possible portraits of those who laid down their lives for King and Country during the Great War. In the Iolaire Disaster of 1st January 1919, 205 sailors, mostly from Lewis, drowned within sight of Stornoway when their ship, the Iolaire, hit rocks at the Beasts of Holm. Only 75 were saved. The Roll of Honour lists all those from Lewis who signed up for service in the First World War. The World War II tribute is a listing of all casualties of the 1939-1945 conflict. Further reading can be done through the Hebridean Connections website, linked to on the right. Historical societies in Lewis are also listed  there.	War Graves in the Western Isles War Memorials in the Western Isles Hebridean Connections Historical Societies Barvas & Brue Stornoway North Tolsta Ness Pairc Uig West Side
Hebridean Connections	Iolaire Memorial, Holm	HMS Timbertown, internment camp at Groningen, Holland