Stornoway Gazette, 26 July 1940
It was learned last Friday, with widespread regret, that George Morrison (Seoras Rob), Seaman, RNR, had been killed when HMS Vandyck was sunk by enemy aircraft off the coast of Norway on June 10th. Seaman Morrison was reported missing early this month, but good hopes of his safety were held out. We can imagine therefore what anxious moments of fluctuating hopes and fears were experienced by his relatives in the interval, and what a heartbreaking shock the news of his death was to them. George was 34 years of age and had completed 13 years' service in the Royal Naval Reserve. He married two years ago and leaves a widow and infant son. Of a kindly, cheerful disposition, George will be much missed, not only by his relatives but also by his many friends in Cnoc-a-Charnan and elsewhere. To his widow and infant son, to his aged father, brothers and sisters, our sympathy goes out in their irreparable loss.
Stornoway Gazette, 9 August 1940
George Morrison, son of Mr Robert Morrison and the late Mrs Morrison, 13 South Bragar, was a reservist of long standing, with fifteen years service to his credit. He leaves a widow and an infant son. He was on the ill-fated "Vandyck", sunk in Norwegian waters.
I wonder if this is an ancestor. My Morrisons lived at 13 South Bragar in the 1800s.. I keep thinking about the baby and wife he left behind. :/
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