Sergeant JOHN MACRAE
Last address in Lewis: 3 Branahuie,
Son of Major J. N. Macrae, D.S.O. (Seaforth Highlanders), of Queen Victoria School, Dunblane, Perthshire.
Service unit: 8th Seaforth Highlanders
Service number: 1070
Born at St Mary's.
Enlisted at Shorncliffe, Folkestone, Kent.
Date of death: 28 July 1918 at the age of 20
Killed in action in France
Interred: Buzancy Military Cemetery, grave I. D. 3
Local memorial: Branahuie / Melbost
John was one of three sons of Lt Col John N Macrae DSO who served during the war, and the only one to lose his life. The colonel's brother David served in the Canadians; the colonel himself served in the Seaforths, as did his sons Hector and Donald; his son Malcolm was in the Royal Engineers.
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