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Uig
Town or City: Uig, Isle of Lewis
County: Western Isles
Country: Scotland
WMT Reference Number: WM2549
Value of grant: £175.00
Type of memorial: Freestanding
Type of work: New war memorial (no longer funded)
Grant scheme: Small Grants Scheme
Year: 1999
UKNIWM reference number: 000000
The war memorial in the village of Uig on the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides is a broad tapering stone pillar on a double plinth topped by a block of stone with badges of the services engraved on the faces. There are metal plaques on two sides of the memorial commemorating the fallen of both world wars. The memorial is located on an elevated site near the primary school, on a paved area behind a metal fence.
In February 1999 War Memorials Trust gave £175 towards the commissioning of this new memorial.
On the metal plaques on the memorial the fallen are listed under headings of the villages from which they came; the villages are
- Kneep (1914 -1918),
- Reef (1939 – 1945),
- Uigen(1939 – 1945),
- Valtos (1914 – 1918 and 1939 – 1945),
- Aird Uig (1914 – 1918) and
- Crowlista (1914 – 1918 and 1939 – 1945).
The names, ages, regiments and year of death of all the fallen are given. The memorial also commemorates those from local villages who died in the Iolaire disaster of 1st January 1919, when HMY Iolaire foundered on the Beasts of Holm and two hundred men lost their lives within sight of Stornoway Harbour.
Further information
War Memorials Trust reference WM2549
UK National Inventory of War Memorials: Unknown
More information on the Iolaire disaster
List of those who were aboard the Iolanthe
If you have a concern about this memorial please contact the Trust on conservation@warmemorials.org
