Norman Macdonald, 18 Eoropie

Leading Seaman NORMAN MACDONALD
Last address in Lewis: 18 Eoropie,
Son of John and Annie Macdonald, of Eoropie, Ness
Husband of Johanna Macdonald, of 22, Eoropie, Ness, Lewis, Ross-shire.
Service unit: Royal Naval Reserve, SS Cairndhu
Service number: 2750C
Date of birth: January 1882
Date of death: 16 April 1917 at the age of 42
Ship sunk by UB-40, 25 miles W of Beachy Head, en route from the Tyne to Gibraltar
Memorial: Chatham Naval, panel 26
Had been awarded 1914 Star, was at Antwerp.

Norman is shown in the 1891 census aged 10, at 18 Eoropie with his parents John (50) and Anne (45) as well as his siblings Alexander (13), Mary (6) and Norman (4).