Private DONALD LACHLAN MACLEAN
Last address in Lewis: 3 Newton Street, Stornoway
Son of Donald and Christina Maclean
Service unit: A Coy, 7th Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders
Service number: S/14339
Enlisted at Glasgow
Date of death: 10 September 1915 at the age of 27
Killed in action in France
Interred: Fosse 7 Military Cemetery (Quality Street), Mazingarbe, grave II. B. 8
Local memorial: Lewis War Memorial
Donald is found in the 1891 census as a 1-year old, staying with his grandfather Donald Macarthur at 10 Newton Street. He is at the same address in 1901, now an 11-year old scholar, staying with his parents Donald (38) and Christina (33). He has five siblings, namely: William (13), John (10), Kenneth (9), Margret (6) and Arthur (4). The five male children of the family all served in the First World War. Apart from Donald Lachlan, William also perished. Kenneth was a wireless operator (the Roll of Honour does not specify his unit), John served with Cameron Highlanders and Army Pay Corps and Arthur was a gunner with the Ross Mountain Battery.
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