Guardsman KENNETH DONALD MONTGOMERY
also known as Kenneth Dan
Last address in Lewis: 39 Keith Street, Stornoway
Son of Donald and Isabella Montgomery, of 39, Keith St., Stornoway.
Service unit: 1st Scots Guards
Service number: 15678
Enlisted at Stornoway
Date of death: 30 March 1919 at the age of 20
Died in hospital of pneumonia following influenza
Interred: Sandwick Cemetery, grave G. 1886. 1149
Local memorial: Lewis War Memorial; Nicolson WW1 memorial, right panel
Gassed November 1917, had attack of influenza while with Army of the Rhine, which developed into bronchopneumonia
The 1901 census shows Kenneth Donald, aged 2, at 47 Keith Street, with his parents Donald (a tailor and clothier) and Bella as well as his five older siblings Angus (16), Mary (12), Christina (10), Angusina (8) and John Murdo (6). John Murdo joined the Seaforth Highlanders voluntarily on 16 August 1914, was wounded on 25 September 1915 and in October 1917.
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