Gunner DONALD SMITH
Last address in Lewis: 34 Leurbost,
Son of Roderick Smith, of 34, Lurebost, Lochs, Stornoway.
Service unit: Royal Naval Reserve, HMS Emperor of India
Service number: 2972/A
Date of birth: 26 June 1891
Date of death: 1 January 1919 at the age of 27
Drowned in sinking of HMY Iolaire
Interred: Crossbost Cemetery
Local memorial: North Lochs, Crossbost
Donald appears in the 1901 census, aged 10, the son of Roderick (40) and Catherine (39) and brother of David (14), Bella Ann (12), Mary (8), Catherine (5) and Roderick (3).
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