John Macdonald, Stornoway

Bosun JOHN MACDONALD
Last address in Lewis: Stornoway
Son of the late Duncan and Kate McDonald
Husband of Jeannie Ann McDonald (Nee Eddie), of 77, Waterloo Quay, Aberdeen.
Born at Stornoway.
Service unit: Merchant Marine, SS Hogarth
Date of death: 8 June 1918 at the age of 54
Ship sunk by U-107 off Sunderland
Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial,
Local memorial: Lewis War Memorial

It appears likely that John was living in a house along the Laxdale Road in Stornoway at the time of the 1871 census.

SS Hogarth was a 1,231 GRT steamer, en route from London to Aberdeen when she was torpedoed with the loss of 26 lives.