Iolaire - 1 January 1919.

H.m. yacht iolaire. Frank Humphry was a ships steward who served with the Mercantile Marine Reserve and was drowned in the sinking of HMY. Buried or commemorated at ST. Yacht Iolaire ran onto the rocks known as the Beasts of Holm and sank in sight of the coast of Lewis packed with those ex-servicemen who had survived the First World.

Two months after the end of the FIrst World War 205 men died174 Lewis men and 7 Harris men sailors who had survived the war - and were only yards from the shore where families were watching to welcome them home. His Majestys Yacht Iolaire Scottish Gaelic. J25645 Able Seaman DAVISON HM.

The English-speaking crew used a spelling pronunciation of ˈ aɪ. On January 1st 1919 in the early hours of the morning HMYacht Iolaire struck rocks the Beasts of Holm near the entrance to Stornoway harbour and sank with the loss of 205 men. Portraits used by kind permission of Guido Blokland.

Date of Death Died 01 January 1919. Somerset BATH TWERTON CEMETERY 1 _____ 2572 Private WILLIAM HAROLD FRY 4th Bn. Country of Service United Kingdom.

Husband of Elizabeth Jane Henley of Newlands St. Iolaire in Stornoway harbour. On January 1st 1919 in the early hours of the morning HMYacht Iolaire struck rocks the Beasts of Holm near the entrance to Stornoway harbour and sank with the loss of 205 men.

Suffolk LOWESTOFT BECCLES ROAD CEMETERY 1. Abeille miscellaneous small craft. Yacht Iolaire SEA Sorrow.