Seaman DONALD MACDONALD
Last address in Lewis: 44 Lower Bayble
Son of Donald and Caterine MacDonald, of 44, New Park, Lower Bayble, Stornoway, Ross-shire.
Service unit: Royal Naval Reserve, SS Euphorbia
Service number: 5335A
Date of birth: 26 August 1895
Date of death: 1 December 1917 at the age of 24
Ship sunk by UC-75, 14 miles E of Royal Sovereign LV
Memorial: Chatham Naval Memorial, panel 26
Local memorial: Point (Garrabost)
Donald is shown in the 1901 census, living with his parents Donald (40) and Catherine (30) in the house of his grandparents. Also present are his siblings Alexander and William. The latter was lost in the Iolaire Disaster of 1 January 1919, after serving in the RNR.
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