Angus Macdonald, 15 Shader, Point

Leading Seaman ANGUS MACDONALD
Last address in Lewis: 15 Shader, Point,
Son of Angus and Mary Macdonald, of 15, Shulishadder Point, Stornoway.
Service unit: Royal Naval Reserve, SS Bronwen
Service number: 3091A
Date of birth: 15 January 1890
Date of death: 29 November 1918 at the age of 29
Died in France, on his way home from POW camp in Austria
Interred: Ste Marie Cemetery, Le Havre, grave Div. 62. IV. I. 6
Decoration(s):1914 Star

Angus is shown in the 1901 census as an 11-year old at home with his parents Angus (55) and Mary (50) as well as his siblings Donald (18), Dolina (25), John (16) and Donald (8).

His brothers Donald and Donald A also served in the war but survived.

Private communication
The SS Bronwen was sunk on the 24 Sep 1916 by the German submarine U-35 (Lothar von Arnauld de la Perière), 25 miles NxE of Dragonera Island. The Bronwen was carrying a load of coal from Barry to Marseilles. He was taken as a POW to POW station Salzerbad, Austria. He developed TB and following his release at the end of the war and was hospitalized in Le Havre where he died 27 Nov 1918.