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Name HORNTVEDT, Karl Born Botne, Norway, 1 March 1902 Died 26 January 1928 Age 26 Cemetery Prince Olav Grave Ref 1 Register 93

Name HOLM, Gunnar Born Sweden, 22 January 1884 Died 7 December 1917 Age 37 Cemetery Leith (Main) Grave Ref D3 Register 46

Name HAUGE, Mikel Olsen Born Died 24 December 1926 Age 23 Cemetery Leith (Main) Grave Ref C5 Register 88 A telegram in the Salvesen Archive held at Edinburgh Library’s Centre for Research Collections tells us that Hauge was a sailor on the Swona who died when a home-made firework blew up. See below…  

Name HARKINS, Thomas Joseph Born Ireland Died 26 February 1929 Age 32 Cemetery Leith (Main) Grave Ref D5 Register 103

Name HANSEN, Ragnvald Born Norway, 2 May 1902 Died 12 November 1923 Age 21 Cemetery Prince Olav Grave Ref 3 Register 78     Photo: Ken Passfield

Name HANSEN, Karl Born Norway, 1903 Died 30 October 1924 Age 21 Cemetery Leith (Main) Grave Ref D1 Register 80

Name: HANSEN, Harald Born: Stokke, 9 July 1901 Died: 12 September 1918 Age: 17 Cemetery: Husvik Grave Ref: 11 Register of Deaths: 53 Husvik Grave Book: Page 5

Name MELGAARD, Hans Born Norway, 1893 Died 3 February 1930 Age 36 Cemetery Leith (Main) Grave Ref B9 Register 112 Headland gives the name as Hans Melgaard Hansen, from the Church Book in Norway.

Name GØTZ, Johan Herman Born Germany Died 15 August 1929 Age 41 Cemetery Leith (Main) Grave Ref B5 Register 108 Johan was one of three men killed in an avalanche in 1929. All three were buried on Mon 19 August. The avalanche destroyed a number of buildings, including the foundry, cookery, and carpentry shop. These