Private JOHN MORRISON
Last address in Lewis: 12 Port of Ness,
Son of John and Catherine Morrison, of 12, Port of Ness, Stornoway.
Service unit: 1st Gordon Highlanders
Service number: 3/5670
Enlisted at Stornoway
Date of death: 23 October 1914 at the age of 22
Killed in action at La Bassee
Memorial: Le Touret Memorial, Panel 39 to 41
Local memorial: North Lewis, Cross
John is shown in the 1901 census, aged 9, at home at 22 Port of Ness, with his parents John (49) and Catherine (47) as well as his siblings John (11), Dolina (5) and Norman (2).
His brother Norman served in the Trawler Section of the RNR and survived the war.
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