Malcolm Maciver, 34 Lower Bayble

Private MALCOLM MACIVER
Last address in Lewis: 34 Lower Bayble,
Service unit: 1st Seaforth Highlanders
Service number: 3/7296
Enlisted at Stornoway
Date of death: 5 November 1917 at the age of 22
Killed in action in Mesopotamia
Memorial: Basra Memorial, panel 37 and 64
Local memorial: Point (Garrabost)
Was on service at outbreak of war

Malcolm was the son of Kenneth Maciver, who served in the RNR and survived the war after being torpedoed twice.

Malcolm and Kenneth show up in the 1901 census, at 34 Lower Bayble. Malcolm is aged 2, and Kenneth is 34 at the time. Malcolm's mother is Peggie [Margaret], and he has a younger sister Christina, 5 months at the time.