Private ANGUS FINLAYSON
Last address in Lewis: 18 Skigersta,
Son of Norman and Catherine Morrison Finlayson, of 18, Skigersta, Port of Ness, Stornoway.
Service unit: 1st Cameron Highlanders
Service number: 3/5274
Enlisted at Inverness
Date of death: 21 October 1914 at the age of 19
Killed in action in France
Memorial: Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, panel 38 and 40
Local memorial: North Lewis, Cross
Angus is featured in the 1901 census, aged 5, at 18 Skigersta with his parents Norman (47) and Catherine (46) as well as his siblings William (15), Mary (13), Jessie (11), Peggie (9) and Neil (3).
His brother Neil served in the Seaforth Highlanders, was wounded in France in April 1915, but survived the war.
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