Sergeant MALCOLM MACDONALD
Last address in Lewis: 9 Habost, Lochs,
Son of Alexander Macdonald, of 9, Habost Lochs,
Service unit: 2nd Camerons
Service number: 8637
Date of birth: 1887
Date of death: 8 May 1915 at the age of 28
Killed in action in Belgium
Memorial: Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Panel 38 and 40
Local memorial: Park, Kershader
Spent 6 years with the Colours, of which 4 in India. Crossed to France previous December
Malcolm was one of the children of Alexander (1851) and Isabella (1857), the others being Annabella (1901), James (1896), John (1888), Margaret (1898), Mary (1893), Murdo (1889), Murdo (1891) and Neil (1885).
His brothers Neil and James served in the RNR but survived the war.
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