Signaller ALEX MACRAE
Last address in Lewis: 57 Keith Street, Stornoway
Son of Donald and Isabella MacRae, of Stornoway, Isle of Lewis; brother of Mary MacRae, of 57 Keith St., Stornoway.
Service unit: A Bty., 250th Bde. Royal Field Artillery
Service number: 227285
Enlisted at Stornoway
Date of death: 14 August 1918 at the age of 32
Died as POW in Germany
Interred: Chauny Communal Cemetery, British extension Sp. Mem. No 9
Local memorial: Lewis War Memorial; Nicolson WW1 memorial, middle panel
Had been been in POW-camp since 23 April 1917
His brother James served with the Gordon Highlanders.
Alexander and James appear on the 1901 census at 63 Keith Street, the sons of Isabella Macrae, a baker's widow. Donald appears to have died between the censuses of 1891 and 1901. In 1891, Donald is a baker, aged 58, at 51 Keith Street. Isabella, then aged 47, had six children: John (24), Donald (22), Isabella Ann (20), Mary (13), James (5) and Alex (4). The older children tally with the 1881 census.
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