Private ALEX SMITH
Last address in Lewis: 22 Fivepenny,
Son of Allan and Jessie Smith, of 22, Fivepenny, Port-of-Ness, Stornoway.
Service unit: 1st Cameron Highlanders
Service number: 3/5189
Enlisted at Inverness
Date of death: 9 May 1915 at the age of 22
Killed in action in France
Memorial: Le Touret Memorial, Panel 41 and 42
Local memorial: North Lewis, Cross
Alexander appears in the 1901 census aged 9, at 22 Fivepenny with his parents Allan (45) and Jessie (44) as well as his 7 siblings Donald (16), Annie (15), John (12), Murdo (7), Mary (5), Catherine (2) and Johanna (9 months).
His brother Donald served in the RNR
His brother Murdo was killed in action in 1915
His brother John served in the RNR but survived the war.
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