Sandwick Cemetery

This graveyard, which lies 25 minutes' walk away from the centre of Stornoway, is one of the largest in the islands. It contains 75 wargraves, commemorating nearly 80 casualties of both world wars. The cemetery, situated on the western outskirts of the village of the same name, is large, and consists of two parts.

The old cemetery is squeezed between Sandwick Bay and Lower Sandwick, accessible from Lower Sandwick in the east and the new cemetery in the west. Stornoway Historical Society have transcribed the inscriptions of all grave monuments and published those in two separate volumes.

The new cemetery stretches from the main road all the way down to the shoreline, and was opened towards the end of the 19th century. The oldest graves can be found nearest the road, while the most recent interments can be found lower down, towards the sea.

Wargraves are scattered throughout both old and new cemeteries. This blogpost is intended to pinpoint to a row where they are located in the new cemetery. The rows are counted on walking down from the eastern entrance on the main road, the entrance nearest the village of Sandwick. The graves are listed as they are passed on walking down each row in a westerly direction. The letter S means the grave is on the southern (left hand) side of the path, the letter N means it is on the northern (right hand) side. The letter C at the end of each entry indicates that it is a CWGC grave; the letter P means that reference is made to a casualty of war on a private or family gravestone.

Row 1 (under the peripheral wall): NONE

Row 2/S - Private MALCOLM CROCKETT of 9 Bayhead Street, Stornoway died 24 October 1914 aged 20 [P]
Row 2/N - Lance-Corporal ALEX MACLEOD of 38 Point Street, Stornoway died 26 September 1915 aged 21 [P]
Row 2/N - Corporal ALEX DAN MACLEOD of 38 Point Street, Stornoway died 25 April 1915 aged 22 [P]

Row 3/N - Private J N MORRISON of died 5 April 1917 aged 23 [C]
Row 3/S - Cooper 4th Class DONALD MACRITCHIE of 46 Keith Street, Stornoway died 1 January 1919 aged 29 [C]
Row 3/S - Deckhand MALCOLM MACLEOD of 2 Crossbost died 1 January 1919 aged 20 [C]
Row 3/S - Carpenter JOHN ANGUS MACDONALD of 8 Lower Sandwick died 11 July 1943 aged 29 [P]

Row 4/S - Sub-Lieutenant NEIL ALLISTER DEWAR of Winnipeg, Canada died 4 August 1943 aged 27 [P]
Row 4/S - Private ALEX DONALD MURRAY of 20 Church Street, Stornoway died 1 September 1918 aged 25 [P]
Row 4/S - Private MATTHEW MURRAY of 20 Church Street, Stornoway died 8 September 1916 aged 28 [P]
Row 4/N - Lance-Corporal DONALD MACLEOD of 36 Bayhead Street, Stornoway died 12 April 1917 aged 20 [P]

Row 5/N - Corporal JOHN RODERICK INNIS of 1 Newton Street, Stornoway died 2 January 1942 aged 23 [C]
Row 5/N - Seaman DONALD MACLEOD of 12 Murray's Court, Stornoway died 1 January 1919 aged 18 [P]
Row 5/N - Assistant Steward ALFRED S TAYLOR of died 1 January 1919 [C]
Row 5/S - Chief Officer FREDERICK WILLIAM SPILMAN of 72 Arthur Road, Shirley, Southampton died 8 November 1918 aged 52 [C]

Row 6/N - Deckhand JOHN MACLEOD of 43 Upper Bayble died 1 January 1919 aged 41 [C]
Row 6/N - Leading Decksteward CHARLES M DEWSBURY of 1 Rodney Road, Great Yarmouth died 1 January 1919 aged 33 [C]
Row 6/N - A sailor from the Great War Known unto God died 1 January 1919 [C]
Row 6/N - A sailor from the Great War Known unto God died 1 January 1919 [C]
Row 6/N - A sailor from the Great War Known unto God died 1 January 1919 [C]
Row 6/N - A sailor from the Great War Known unto God died 1 January 1919 [C]
Row 6/N - A sailor from the Great War Known unto God died 1 January 1919 [C]
Row 6/N - A sailor from the Great War Known unto God died 1 January 1919 [C]
Row 6/N - Signalboy DAVID MACDONALD of 53 Virginia Street, Aberdeen died 1 January 1919 aged 17 [C]
Row 6/N - A sailor from the Great War Known unto God died 1 January 1919 [C]
Row 6/N - A sailor from the Great War Known unto God died 1 January 1919 [C]
Row 6/S - Stoker 2nd class WILLIAM MUNRO of 21 Cross Street Coulregrein died 15 October 1944 aged 21 [P]
Row 6/N - Private RODERICK MACLEOD of 4 Battery Park, Stornoway died 18 February 1919 aged 34 [C]

Row 7/N - Stoker 1st Class ALEXANDER KERSLAKE WADE of 7 Magdala Road, Highgate, London died 26 September 1915 aged 22 [C]
Row 7/N - A sailor from the Great War Known unto God died 27 September 1915 [C]
Row 7/N - Able Seaman A J G DAVISON of 3 Church Street, Tower Bridge Road Bermondsey, London died 31 December 1916 aged 20 [P]
Row 7/N - Trimmer / Cook WILLIAM SCAMBLER of Branxton, Innerwick, Berwick-upon-Tweed died 20 October 1917 aged 30 [C]
Row 7/N - Able Seaman ALBERT GEORGE KNIGHT of 56 Chasefield Road, Tooting, London died 9 January 1918 aged 23 [C]
Row 7/S - Stores Assistant RODERICK MACPHERSON MURRAY of Stornoway died 15 November 1945 aged 21 [C]
Row 7/S - Private GEORGE MACLEOD of 48 Arthur Street, Edinburgh died 22 July 1916 aged 19 [P]
Row 7/N - Private WILLIAM MACKENZIE of 66 Kenneth Street, Stornoway died 11 December 1917 aged 23 [P]

Row 8/S - Corporal DUNCAN ALICK MACAULAY of 7 East Street, Sandwick died 19 January 1945 aged 27 [P]
Row 8/S - Sergeant (W. Op/Obs) ALISTAIR ROBERT MACKAY of Marybank, Stornoway died 31 May 1942 aged 25 [C]
Row 8/N - Flying Officer WALTER RODERICK MATHESON of 14 Newvalley died 16 November 1943 aged 22 [C]

Row 9/N - Able Seaman MURDO MACLEOD of 11 Battery Park Road, Stornoway died 25 February 1943 aged 39 [P]
Row 9/N - Sergeant (Air gunner) KENNETH MACKENZIE of 5 Ropework Road, Stornoway died 21 September 1943 aged 22 [P]
Row 9/S - Private DONALD JOHN MACARTHUR of 12 Plantation Road, Stornoway died 27 September 1915 aged 26 [P]

Row 10/N - Sergeant MALCOLM MACLEOD of Stornoway died 12 August 1918 aged 28 [P]
Row 10/N - Greaser NEIL MURDO STEWART of 39 Seaview Terrace, Stornoway died 14 August 1944 aged 51 [C]

Row 11/N - Sergeant DONALD JOHN MACKENZIE of 10 Newton Street, Stornoway died 10 July 1942 aged 21 [C]
Row 11/S - Leading Aircraftsman RODERICK JOHN MACASKILL of 11 Francis Street, Stornoway died 13 August 1944 aged 35 [C]

Row 12/N - Chief Steward FRANK JAMES FOX of Hull died 5 September 1940 aged 65 [C]
Row 12/N - Carpenter CHARLES MORRISON of 20 Lower Sandwick died 8 June 1941 aged 41 [P]

Row 13/N - Lieutenant Colonel REGINALD GEORGE BREADMORE of Melbourne, Australia died 29 March 1941 aged 42 [P]
Row 13/N - Flight Sergeant (W.Op./A. Gnr.) THOMAS GLEDHILL of Wakefield died 14 April 1945 aged 22 [C]
Row 13/N - Sailor W. WRIGHT of Unknown died 27 July 1943 [C]
Row 13/N - Pilot Officer (W. Op./Air gnr) FRANK RICHARD HANCOCK of Heaton, Newcastle-on-Tyne died 31 July 1942 [C]
Row 13/N - Flying Officer DEREK BREARLEY RIGBY of Tanganyika died 1 August 1942 aged 22 [C]
Row 13/N - Able Seaman ALBERT EDWARD GILLARD of died 1 December 1941 aged 23 [C]
Row 13/N - Rigger's mate SYDNEY GILBERT BALL of Baldock died 1 December 1941 aged 32 [C]
Row 13/N - Gunner PATRICK KING of Stornoway died 27 August 1941 aged 36 [C]
Row 13/N - Lance Corporal GEORGE WILLIAM CANNON of Walsall died 3 July 1941 aged 33 [C]
Row 13/N - Ordinary Telegraphist CLIFFORD HINDLE GREENWOOD of St Vital, Manitoba, Canada died 12 April 1941 aged 19 [C]
Row 13/N - Able Seaman DONALD MORRISON ROBERTSON of Vancouver, BC, Canada died 12 April 1941 aged 20 [C]
Row 13/N - Stoker 1st class JACK PETTIGREW of Toronto, Canada died 12 April 1941 aged 33 [C]
Row 13/N - Assistant Steward RONALD WILLIAM GEORGE HOWLETT of died 28 March 1941 aged 35 [C]
Row 13/N - Air fitter BRIAN RALPH O'SHEA of Leicester died 30 March 1941 aged 18 [C]
Row 13/N - Seaman H C HILL of died 18 January 1941 aged 19 [C]
Row 13/N - Ordinary Seaman JAMES HERBERT OTWAY of Sedgeford, Norfolk died 11 December 1940 aged 18 [C]