Remembered
In the compilation of “ Faces from the Lewis War Memoria l” (which remembers the Fallen from the Isle of Lewis in World War I), there are quite a few names with very little information. It sometimes takes a little bit of effort to disentangle the web and let the light from the past shine more clearly. An example. The Roll of Honour mentions an Iver Maciver from 9 North Shawbost , who, serving with the Canadians, died of wounds in 1916 at the age of 21. I just couldn’t cross reference him - not with the Commonwealth War Graves Commission , not with the Canadian Virtual War Memorial , and not with the CEF records on Libraries and Archives Canada either. Until this evening. Looking at the page for North Shawbost again, it occurred to me that Kenneth Maciver , also quoted at 9 North Shawbost, might be the brother of “Iver”. Kenneth Maciver is reported to have been born at Lochcarron, so I did a search on ScotlandsPeople for Macivers in Lochcarron around 1895 - and who c...