Private DONALD KENNEDY
Last address in Lewis: 4 Maciver's Buildlings, Stornoway
Son of John and Annie (24 North Beach, Stornoway), formerly at 2 Calbost. Brother of Dugald.
Service unit: 1st Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders
Service number: 3/5308
Enlisted at Inverness
Date of death: 28 October 1914 at the age of 20
Killed in action in France
Interred: Tyne Cot Cemetery, grave Sp. Mem. 58.
Local memorial: Lewis War Memorial; Nicolson WW1 memorial, left panel
Calbost croft histories relate that Donald Kennedy, son of John Kennedy and Ann Nicolson, 2 Calbost, was killed in the First World War. Donald and his brother Dugald are shown on the census record for Calbost (registration district 87, enumeration district 7) in 1901. The 1911 census shows the family at 48 Keith Street, Stornoway. In 1901, there were Dugald (8), Donald (6), Maggie Ann (4) and Kate (2). In 1911, there was also a boy named John, aged 9.
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