Last address in Lewis: 7 Fivepenny,
Service unit: Royal Naval Voluntary Reserve, HMS Vivid
Service number: Z/8218
Birthday: 26 August 1892
Date of death: 1 January 1919 at the age of 26
Drowned in sinking of HMY Iolaire
Interred: Old Ness Cemetery, section 111
Local memorial: North Lewis, Cross; Nicolson Institute
William is shown in the 1901 census aged 8, at 6 Fivepenny, with his grandparents Donald (63) and Margaret (65) as well as his father Malcolm (28).
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