Private KENNETH MACKAY
Coinneach Dhomhnaill ic Aoidh
Last address in Lewis: 34 Valtos,
Son of Donald and Christy McKay
Service unit: 7th Canadian Infantry (British Columbia Regiment)
Service number: 77351
Date of death: 1 November 1915 at the age of 43
Killed in action in Flanders
Interred: Berks Cemetery Extension, grave III. C. 48
Local memorial: Uig, Timsgarry
Had served as a volunteer in the South African War
Date of birth: 24 July 1876
Place of birth: Isle of Lewis
Height: 5 ft 6½ in
Complexion: Sallow
Eyes: Brown
Hair: Brown
Religion: Presbyterian
Trade / occupation: Miner
Volunteered at Victoria on 10 November 1914
Kenneth is one of the children of Donald (1828) and Chirsty (1836), the others being Donald (1865), Flora (1878), Jessie (1868), Kenneth (1872), Malcolm (1870) and Margaret (1863).
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