Lance Corporal GEORGE MACDONALD
Last address in Lewis: 29 Coll,
Son of George MacDonald, of 29, Coll, Stornoway, Lewis.
Service unit: 2nd Seaforth Highlanders
Service number: 3/7238
Enlisted at Stornoway
Date of death: 20 November 1915
Killed in action
Interred: Sucrerie Military Cemetery, Colincamps, II. D. 5.
Local memorial: Back
George is seen as a 5-year old in the 1901 census at home at 29 Coll with his parents George (46) and Jessie (37) as well as his siblings John (11), Alexander (7), Katie Bell (3) and Jane (6 months).
His brother John served as a lieutenant in the Ross Mountain Battery and survived the war.
From the 2nd Seaforths War Diary
The battalion is in the trenches in northern France, midway between Arras and Amiens. The war diary for the week preceding George Macdonald's death complains of the shocking state of the trenches due to mud.
Fine, cold and clear. Artillery active on both sides all day. During the afternoon, Germans threw some 30 howitzer shells round the reserve trench and at the same time several field gun shells round front line. Our Howitzers replied with apparent effect on German 2nd line. The Battn was relieved by 7.50pm by Rifle Bde and proceded to billets in Forceville.
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