Lance Corporal MALCOLM MACNEILL
Last address in Lewis: 1 Carishader,
Son of William and Isabella MacNeill, of Carishader
Service unit: 2nd Field Company New Zealand Engineers
Service number: 12061
Date of birth: 26 April 1882
Date of death: 29 August 1918 at the age of 34
Killed in action in France
Interred: Grevillers British Cemetery, grave XI. D. 15.
Mentioned on family gravestone in Ardroil Cemetery, Lewis
Local memorial: Uig, Timsgarry
Height: 5 ft 9½ in
Complexion: Dark
Eyes: Blue
Hair: Dark
Religion: Presbyterian
Malcolm appears in the 1901 census, aged 18, the son of William (56) and Isabella (50), and brother of Catherine A (23), John (17), William (13) and Mary (8).
His brother William was killed in action in 1915, serving with the Seaforth Highlanders.
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