- TITLE
- Lewis War Memorial
- EXTERNAL ID
- HC_PLANNING_01_006_0137
- PLACENAME
- Stornoway
- DISTRICT
- Lewis
- OLD COUNTY/PARISH
- ROSS: Stornoway
- DATE OF IMAGE
- January 1968
- PERIOD
- 1960s
- CREATOR
- T. Kenneth MacKenzie
- SOURCE
- The Highland Council Planning Department
- ASSET ID
- 13627
- KEYWORDS
- memorials
monuments
wars
1st World War
World War 1
2nd World War, World War 2

A public meeting was held in Stornoway in January 1920 to discuss raising money for a memorial to those killed in the First World War and the Iolaire disaster. Mr JH Gall of Inverness won the design competition and work was completed in 1924. The monument stands at over 26 metres tall on Cnoc nan Uan, the highest point in Stornoway. There is an entrance hall and four upper chambers, one for each parish in Lewis. In each of the chambers the names of the fallen are inscribed on bronze plaques. Further plaques were added for those who were killed during the Second World War.
In 1975 the monument was closed to the public due to erosion. Despite subsequent restoration efforts the building remains closed to the public. The bronze plaques, however, have now been mounted on granite stones outside the memorial and a seating area added.