Seaman NORMAN MORRISON
Last address in Lewis: 17 Lionel,
Son of Donald and Jessie Morrison, of 17, Lionel, Ness, Stornoway.
Service unit: Royal Naval Reserve, HMT Urka
Service number: 12088/DA
Date of birth: 1 June 1898
Date of death: 1 January 1919 at the age of 20
Drowned in sinking of HMY Iolaire
Interred: Old Ness Cemetery
Local memorial: North Lewis, Cross
Norman is shown in the 1901 census aged 2, with his brother Donald (9 months) and parents Donald (35) and Jessie (32).
His brother Angus was wounded serving with the Seaforth Highlanders; his brother Donald served in the trawler section of the RNR; these two survived the war.
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