Kenneth Macdonald, 21 Newton Street, Stornoway

Driver KENNETH MACDONALD
Last address in Lewis: 21 Newton Street, Stornoway
Son of Alexander and Mary Macdonald, of 17 Lower Sandwick, Stornoway.
Service unit: 4th Highland Mountain Bty., Royal Garrison Artillery
Service number: 4318
Enlisted at Stornoway
Date of death: 15 May 1915 at the age of 22
Died of wounds sustained at Gallipoli
Memorial: Helles Memorial, Panel 23 or 325
Local memorial: Lewis War Memorial; Nicolson WW1 memorial, left panel

Kenneth was a blacksmith, living at 21 Newton Street, when he joined the Ross Mountain Battery in  December 1911. He stood 5 ft 4½ ins high. Having signed for service overseas in October 1914, he sustained shrapnel wounds to his back on 14 May 1915 at Gallipoli. Kenneth died on board the hospital ship SS Sicilia and is presumably buried at sea.

The 1901 census shows Kenneth at 1 Shell Street, Stornoway with his parents Alexander (37, cooper)  and Mary (35). He has four siblings, Boyceina (11), Jessie B (9), Kate M (4) and Colin J (1).