Malcolm Posted 23 February , 2005 Share Posted 23 February , 2005 Today's man was from Stornoway, Isle of Lewis. Surname McIVER Firstname George Service number 3/7197 Date of death 23/02/1917 Decoration Place of birth Stornoway Other 1st Bn. SNWM roll THE SEAFORTH HIGHLANDERS Rank L/Cpl Theatre of death Persian Gulf. I'll leave Will O'Brian to do his usual. Aye Malcolm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myrtle Posted 23 February , 2005 Share Posted 23 February , 2005 Further informnation on SDGW Enlisted: Stornoway, Lewis DoW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will O'Brien Posted 23 February , 2005 Share Posted 23 February , 2005 Malcolm............Your wish is my command As per CWGC Name: McIVER Initials: G Nationality: United Kingdom Rank: Lance Corporal Regiment: Seaforth Highlanders Unit Text: 1st Bn. Date of Death: 23/02/1917 Service No: 3/7197 Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: XXI. A. 13. Cemetery: AMARA WAR CEMETERY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will O'Brien Posted 23 February , 2005 Share Posted 23 February , 2005 & the cemetery info Cemetery: AMARA WAR CEMETERY Country: Iraq Location Information: Amara is a town on the left bank of the Tigris some 520 kilometres from the sea. The War Cemetery is a little east of the town between the left bank of the river and the Chahaila Canal. Historical Information: Amara was occupied by the Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force on 3 June 1915 and it immediately became a hospital centre. The accommodation for medical units on both banks of the Tigris was greatly increased during 1916 and in April 1917, seven general hospitals and some smaller units were stationed there. Amara War Cemetery contains 4,621 burials of the First World War, more than 3,000 of which were brought into the cemetery after the Armistice. 925 of the graves are unidentified. In 1933, all of the headstones were removed from this cemetery when it was discovered that salts in the soil were causing them to deteriorate. Instead a screen wall was erected with the names of those buried in the cemetery engraved upon it. Plot XXV is a Collective Grave, the individual burial places within this are not known. There are also seven non-war graves in the cemetery. No. of Identified Casualties: 3703 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will O'Brien Posted 23 February , 2005 Share Posted 23 February , 2005 George McIver's online MIC index entry can be seen here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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