Private ALEX MACDONALD
Last address in Lewis: 3 Stenish,
Son of Angus and Mary Macdonald
Service unit: Y Guards TM Bty, Royal Field Artillery
Service number: 179588
Enlisted at Dingwall, Ross-shire.
Date of death: 13 May 1917
Died of fever in France
Interred: Heilly Station Cemetery, Mericourt L'Abbe, grave VI. F. 24.
Local memorial: Lewis War Memorial
The 1901 census finds Alexander aged 6, at home with his parents Angus (46) and Mary (42) as well as his siblings Malcolm (14), Andrew (10), Kenneth (8) and Angus (2). The 1891 census adds Allan (then aged 8) and Donald (6) to the family.
He was one of six brothers who served in the war. Andrew was in the Seaforths; Malcolm was killed, serving with the Canadians; Kenneth was in the Scots Guards; Donald was a diver in the Royal Navy, and Angus served in the Trawler section of the Royal Naval Reserve.
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