Murdo Macaulay, 2 Keith Street, Stornoway

Gunner MURDO MACAULAY
Last address in Lewis: 2 Keith Street, Stornoway
Son of Christina Mackay of 2 Keith Street, Stornoway
Service unit: Royal Garrison Artillery, 4th Highland (Mountain) Brigade.
Service number: 4401
Enlist at Stornoway
Date of death: 15 July 1915 at the age of 22
Died in Malta, of wounds incurred on 11 June 1915
Interred: Pieta Military Cemetery, grave B. II. 3
Local memorial: Lewis War Memorial; Nicolson WW1 memorial, left panel

Occupation: Postman
Date of enlistment: 15 June 1914
Height: 5 ft 5 ins
Sustained gunshot wound to right leg, which necessitated amputation.