Private ANGUS NICOLSON
Last address in Lewis: 11, Knock, Point
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Angus Nicolson, of 11, Knock Point, Stornoway, Lewis.
Service unit: 1st Gordon Highlanders
Service number: 3/5802
Enlisted at Stornoway
Date of death: 20 July 1915 at the age of 18
Killed in action in France
Memorial: Ypres (Menin Gate) panel 38,
Local memorial: Point (Garrabost)
Angus is shown in the 1901 census at 11 Knock with his parents Angus (46, crofter and mason) and Christie (46) at the age of 4, being the youngest of seven children. Their names were Maggie (19), Mary (18), Catherine (18), Norman (14), John (11) and Finlay (8).
Finlay served in the RNR during the Great War; Norman was with the Welsh Artillery and John was a first officer in the US Navy.
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