Sergeant ALEX MONTGOMERY
Last address in Lewis: 5 Sheshader,
Son of Malcolm Montgomery
Service unit: 2nd Seaforth Highlanders
Service number: 9328
Enlisted at Stornoway
Date of death: 25 April 1915 at the age of 28
Killed in action at Hill 60
Interred: Seaforth Cemetery, Cheddar Villa, grave B. 1. (Headstone "A" 53).
Local memorial: Point (Garrabost)
Alexander is shown in the 1901 census, aged 16, living with his parents Malcolm and Margaret, both aged 39, as well as his siblings Jessie (14), Ann (12), Norman (9), Peggy (7) and Helen (5).
His brother Norman was lost in the Iolaire Disaster of 1919.
His brother Duncan served in the Royal Navy; another Alexander served in the RNR. Both of these survived the war.
The Roll of Honour states that his widow and child were left at 27 Laxay.
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