HM Yacht Iolaire Disaster Cairn

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Reference WMO/258569

Address:

Carn Gardens

beside the Town Hall

Point Street

Stornoway, Isle of Lewis

HS1 2BE

Scotland

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Status: On original site
Type: Freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Within a garden/park/churchyard/enclosure/Marketplace
Description: Cairn
Materials:
  • Metal Metal (any)
  • Stone Stone (any)
  • Stone Slate
Lettering: Inscribed on a plaque
Conflicts:
  • First World War (1914-1918)
About the memorial: A Cairn built of 201 Stones- 1 from the home village of each man lost in the disaster. The dedication is on a slate tablet on a wall, and there is also a memorial bench. There is also a pictorial slate tablet on the wall behind the cairn. The disaster occurred on January 1st 1919 as 280 men from the island were returning home from the war. Unveiled 23 March 2018. The Bench was donated by Stornoway Port Authority.
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Pictorial Tablet- 1.1.1919----HMY IOLAIRE Royal Navy Reserve/173 Lost/1-1-1919 Royal Navy/6 Lost/1-1-1919 Royal Marine Light Infantry/1 Lost/1-1-1919 Mercantile Marine-21 Lost/1-1-1919 a'cuimhneachadh/le bron Dedication Tablet- Carn Cuimhneachain na h-Iolaire/Tha 201 clach anns a' charn sea, air an cruinneachadh/le aigridh a Leodhas, Na Heatadh, Bearnagraigh (Na/Hearadh), Tir-mor na h-Alba agus Sasainn. Tha gach clach/a' riochdachadh nam bailtean bhan tainig gach fear a/chailleadh, agus tha iad air an cumadh mar a leanas: This Cairn contains 201 stones collected by young people/from Lewis, Harris, Berneray (Harris), Scottish Mainland/and England. Each stone comes from the home village, town/or city of a victim and are arranged as follows: North Face An Toabh Siar agus Nis 51 caillie South Face Na Lochan 33 caillie Na Hearadh 5 caillie Bearnaraigh (Na Hearadh) 2 caillie Sasainn 18 caillie East Face An Rubha 39 caillie Tir-mar na h-Alba 2 caillie West Face Sgire Steomabhaigh 8 caillie Tolastadh agus Am Bac 20 caillie Uig agus Bearnaraigh 23 caillie Gu h-iomlan.......... 201 caillie

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