John Macdonald, 2 Crowlista

Lance Sergeant JOHN MACDONALD
Last address in Lewis: 2 Crowlista,
Son of Donald Macdonald, of 2, Crowlista, Miavaig, Stornoway.
Regiment or division: 1st Seaforth Highlanders
Service number: 9191
Enlisted at Glasgow
Date of death: 8 November 1914 at the age of 28
Killed in action
Memorial: Le Touret, panel 38 and 39
Local memorial: Uig, Timsgarry

John appears in the 1891 census, aged 4, the son of Donald (40) and Janet (36), and brother of Malcolm (13), Henrietta (7) and Malcolm (2). 

His older brother Malcolm served in the Seaforth Highlanders, was wounded in 1915 and discharged; his younger brother Malcolm served in the RNR. Both these survived the war.


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