sentences:  A staircase in metal and granite leads up the tower to the top turret.An initial public meeting was held in Januart 1920 in Stornoway to organise a memorial to the men of the island who had lost their lives during the 1914-18 Great War and the tragic sinking of His Majesty's Yacht "Iolaire" 12 months previously.A fundraising campaign took place, with donations including £5,000 from the owner of the Isle of Lewis, Lord Leverhulme.