Seaman ANGUS MACDONALD
Last address in Lewis: 42 Leurbost,
Son of Allan and Mary MacDonald;
Husband of Mary MacDonald, of 42, Leurbost
Service unit: Royal Naval Reserve, HMS Imperieuse
Service number: 1830/D
Date of birth: November 1873
Date of death: 1 January 1919 at the age of 44
Drowned in sinking of HMY Iolaire
Interred: Crossbost Cemetery
Local memorial: North Lochs, Crossbost
Angus appears in the 1881 census, aged 8, the son of Allan (41) and Mary (41), and brother of Maggie (13) Mordina (13), Murdo (12), Peter (10), Annabella (5) and Alexander (2).
His brother Murdo served in the Seaforth Highlanders and survived the war.
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