Private MURDO MONTGOMERY
Last address in Lewis: 31 Bayhead Street, Stornoway
Only son of Robert and Catherine Montgomery, of 18, Mackenzie St., Stornoway
Service unit: 11th Royal Scots Fusiliers
Service number: 38627
Enlisted at Stornoway
Date of death: 3 May 1917 at the age of 22
Killed in action in France
Interred: Sunken Road Cemetery, Fampoux, grave I. B. 23
Local memorial: Lewis War Memorial; Nicolson WW1 memorial, right panel
Murdo is shown in the 1901 census with his mother Catherine (32), and siblings Barbara (14), Johan (4), Peggy and Robert Rory (1). Catherine is a fisherman's widow; she lost her husband Robert on 7 May 1900 at the age of 40, as a result of consumption of the lungs, which had affected him for 6 months. Robert Montgomery was known as Ruadh and lived at 17 Cromore.Catherine (nee Macleod) originated from 28 Cromore.
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