Private JAMES DONALD MACRAE
Last address in Lewis: 78 Keith Street, Stornoway
Next of kin: Roderick Macrae, of 78 Keith Street
Military unit: 52nd Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment)
Service number: 439719
Date of death: 23 November 1917 at the age of 28
Died of wounds in Etaples, France
Interred: Etaples Military Cemetery, grave XXX. M. 19
Local memorial: Lewis War Memorial; Nicolson Institute WW1, right panel
Date of birth: 23 March 1889
Height: 5 ft 7½ in
Complexion: Fresh
Eyes: Blue
Hair: Brown
Religion: Presbyterian
Trade / occupation: Blacksmith
Volunteered at Port Arthur on 8 September 1915
James Donald Macrae appears on the 1891 census as James S Macrae at Keith Street, living with his parents Roderick and Barbara. In 1901, the address is given as 80 Keith Street, and the 15-year old is a telegraph messenger. He was one of a large family. They are listed as John (34), Johanna (30), Colin (28), Annie Jane (26), Roderick (24), Peter (22), Charles (19), William (17), and Alexander (15).
My Granduncle. his brother (my Grandfather) Alexander, his twin brother, was also in the Canadian Army in WW1. He survived, married Emily Greenaway in Canada 1920 had 3 children them oved back to Stornoway where my mother Joan Macrae was born.
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