Murdo Mackay, 55 North Shawbost

Seaman MURDO MACKAY
Last address in Lewis: 55 North Shawbost,
Son of Donald and Ann MacKay, of 55, North Shawbost, Stornoway
Husband of Catherine MacKay, of 55, North Shawbost, Stornoway.
Service unit: Royal Naval Division, HMS Otway
Service number: 2767B
Date of birth: 26 February 1875
Date of death: 23 July 1917 at the age of 42
Ship sunk by U-boat
Memorial: Chatham Naval Memorial, panel 26
Local memorial: West Side, Bragar
Mentioned in despatches

Murdo appears in the 1891 census at South Shawbost, aged 16, the son of Donald (46) and Ann (42), brother of Donald (18), Christina (13), Mary Ann (9), Annie (4) and Niel (9 months).

His brother Neil served in the Canadians and survived the war.