Leading Seaman ALEX JOHN MACDONALD
Last address in Lewis: 4 Portvoller,
Son of Torquil Macdonald, of 4, Port Voller, Stornoway, Ross-shire.
Service unit: Royal Naval Reserve, SS Wyndhurst
Service number: 6194/A
Date of birth: 13 June 1896
Date of death: 7 December 1917 at the age of 22
Ship sunk by UC-71, 30 miles S of St Catherine's Point
Memorial: Chatham Naval Memorial, panel 26
Local memorial: Point (Garrabost)
Decoration(s): Russian decoration; submarined. DSM
His brother John also served in the RNR, but survived the war.
Stornoway Gazette
Mr Torquil Macdonald, 4 Portvoller, has been informed that his son, Alex John (RNR), was lost on 7 December 1917. He had been doing duty as a gunner on board, a merchantman which had been torpedoed and sunk. Alick John who was aged 21, was the mainstay of his family. His father has been an invalid for many years. Much sympathy is felt for the bereaved parents.
He was awarded a Russian decoration for his excellent work in fighting two German submarines off the Kola Inlet on 4 May 1917.
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