Finlayson

Able Seaman DONALD FINLAYSON
Last address in Lewis: Tong
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Angus Finlayson, of Stornoway, Isle of Lewis.
Service unit: Merchant Navy Empire Prairie
Date of death: 10 April 1942 at the age of 31
Lost on ship sunk by U-654
Memorial: Tower Hill, panel 44
Mentioned on gravestone in Gress Cemetery
Local memorial: Lewis War Memorial


Seaman JOHN FINLAYSON
Last address in Lewis: Tong
Son of Angus and Jessie Finlayson, of Stornoway, Isle of Lewis.
Service unit: Royal Navy HMS Beverley
Service number: P/X 19782A
Date of death: 11 April 1943
Lost on ship sunk by U-188
Memorial: Portsmouth Naval, panel 79, column 3
Mentioned on gravestone in Gress Cemetery
Local memorial: Lewis War Memorial


Able Seaman MURDO FINLAYSON
Murdigan Aonghais Alasdair
Last address in Lewis: 10 Calbost
Son of Angus and Christina Finlayson, of Lochs.
Service unit: Merchant Navy SS Caleb Sprauge
Date of death: 1 February 1944
Lost on ship sunk at Newhaven by enemy action
Interred: Gravir Cemetery
Local memorial: Pairc, Kershader
Had served in RNR for 2 years 9 months before war