Sergeant COLIN MACKAY
Last address in Lewis: 22 Sheshader,
Son of John and Matilda Mackay
Service unit: 1st Seaforth Highlanders
Service number: 529
Enlisted at Fort George, Inverness
Date of death: 14 December 1917 at the age of 27
Died of wounds in Mesopotamia
Interred: Baghdad (North Gate) Cemetery, grave XVI. H. 6.
Local memorial: Point (Garrabost)
We find Colin in the 1901 census as a 10-year old at 22 Sheshader with his parents John (45) and Matilda (38) as well as his siblings Ann (14), Chirsty (11), Mary (7), Norman (5), Donald (3) and Cattrine (1).
His brother Donald served in the RNR, but was lost in the Iolaire Disaster of 1919.
His brother Norman was also in the RNR, but survived the war.
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