Private MALCOLM MACLEAN
Last address in Lewis: 25 Upper Bayble,
Son of John and Mary McLean, of 25, Upper Bayble, Isle of Lewis. Ross and Cromarty.
Service unit: 7th Seaforth Highlanders
Service number: 3/6907
Enlisted at Stornoway
Date of death: 14 July 1916 at the age of 23
Killed in action
Interred: London Cemetery and extension, Longueval, grave 5. E. 11
Local memorial: Point (Garrabost)
Previously wounded in 1915
Malcolm is shown in the 1901 census as an 8-year old living at a squatters house in Bayble, with his parents John (37) and Mary (35) as well as his siblings Christina (6), Angus (3) and Bella (1).
His brothers Angus and Alexander (not shown in census) served in the RNR, but survived the war.
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