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adb41
Joined: 03 Jan 2008
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Location: Stornoway
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 Posted: Mon Mar 14, 2011 4:05 pm Post subject: Alex John Macaskill, St Peter's Episcopal Church |
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A private memorial is situated at the front of the church, to the left of the altar, across the aisle from the pulpit.
At centre of the memorial plaque is a painting, with a panel on either side. The text on the left panel reads:
In Affectionate
Remembrance of
John Alexander
Macaskill
On Whose Dear
Soul Kind Shepherd
Have Mercy
The text on the right panel reads:
Born 7th March 1899
Drowned in the
Iolaire Disaster
January 1919
Signalman R.N.V.R.
Stornoway
Naval Corps
Details of the casualty are as follows:
Signaller JOHN ALEX MACASKILL
Last address in Lewis: 75 Keith Street, Stornoway
Son of Mrs. Christina Macaskill, of 75, Keith St., Stornoway.
Service unit: Royal Navy Voluntary Reserve, HMS Vivid
Service number: Clyde Z/8453
Date of death: 1 January 1919 at the age of 19
Drowned in sinking of HMY Iolaire
Interred: Sandwick Cemetery, Southeast, Old Ground, 125
Local memorial: Lewis War Memorial; Nicolson WW1 memorial, left panel; St Peter's Episcopal Church memorial
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stuartn
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| This is now WMR, ex UKNIWM, memorial 69274 |
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