Last address in Lewis: 10 Holm,
Son of Alexander and Margaret Macdonald
Service unit: Royal Naval Reserve, HMD Genia
Service number: 21078/DA
Born at Burghead, Argyll, on 11 July 1900
Date of death: 1 January 1919 at the age of 18
Drowned in sinking of HMY Iolaire
Interred: Sandwick Old Cemetery, Southwest 265
Local memorial: Lewis War Memorial
Six members of this family served during the war, namely: father Alexander (RNR), and his five sons Kenneth (Captain, Merchant Navy); Malcolm; Alexander and Donald (RNR), who was lost in November 1918; as well as John.
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