Private MURDO MACKAY
Last address in Lewis: 17 Skigersta,
Son of Malcolm Mackay
Service unit: 1st Seaforth Highlanders
Service number: 3/7188
Enlisted at Stornoway
Date of death: 9 May 1915 at the age of 19
Killed in action
Memorial: Le Touret Memorial, Panel 38 and 39
Local memorial: North Lewis, Cross
Murdo appears in the 1901 census, aged 5, at home at 17 Skigersta with his parents Malcolm (43), Margaret (44) and siblings William (14), Donald (10), Christina (7), John (3) and Annie (1).
His brother Donald also served in the Seaforth Highlanders, was wounded twice, but survived the war.
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