The Scottish Military Research Group - Commemorations Project

Adam Brown · Posted: Tue Jan 27, 2015 1:37 pm Post subject:

One of the Cromore names from the Royal Bank of Canada's Roll of Honour

http://www.rbc.com/history/celebrating-our-history/in-remembrance/wwi-roll-of-honour.html

William A. Bruce
Lieutenant Bruce born at Cromore, Isle of Lewis, Scotland around 1890. Originally enlisted from the Union Bank’s Head Office in Winnipeg, Manitoba with the 210th Battalion on September 9, 1916. Seconded to the 104th Squadron, Royal Air Force on October 12, 1917, and promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on February 17, 1918. Died on May 25, 1918.

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Adam

adb41 · Joined: 03 Jan 2008 Posts: 178 Location: Stornoway

Thanks Adam. This information is also referred to on this page.

stuartn · Joined: 13 Dec 2016 Posts: 2551

Aberdeen Press and Journal - Saturday 27 October 1934

The villagers of Kershader in the Island of Lewis have replaced their war memorial with a more becoming structure. The original memorial was erected shortly after the war, but the villagers were not satisfied with its appearance, and a short time ago they set on foot a fund to enable them to replace it with another structure. The fund was almost entirely subscribed by villagers at home and abroad.