Private ALEX MORRISON
Last address in Lewis: 14 Eorodale,
Son of Kenneth Morrison, of 14, Eorodale, Port-of-Ness, Stornoway, and the late Catherine Morrison
Service unit: 2nd Seaforth Highlanders
Service number: 3/7429
Enlisted at Stornoway
Date of death: 1 July 1916 at the age of 20
Killed in action in France
Memorial: Thiepval Memorial, Pier and Face 15 C
Local memorial: North Lewis, Cross
The battalion's war diary is transcribed from this link.
Alexander is shown in the 1901 census, aged 6, at 15 Eorodale, with his parents Kenneth (31) and Catherine (34), as well as his siblings Catherine (4) and Gormilia (8 months).
My Uncle Killed on the first day of the battle of the Somme
ReplyDeleteMy Grandfather died only know he was missing none of us got to see the Thiepval Memorial to pay our respects