Seaman DONALD FINLAYSON
Last address in Lewis: 19 Aird Tong,
Service unit: Royal Naval Reserve, HMS Clan MacNaughton
Service number: 2289A
Date of birth: 16 September 1886
Date of death: 3 February 1915 at the age of 29
Drowned (vessel believed foundered in North Atlantic storm)
Memorial: Chatham Naval Memorial, panel 14
Local memorial: Back
Donald is shown at Aird Tong in the 1891 census, the 5-year old son of Angus (47) and Catherine (41) with siblings John (12), Murdo (11), Isabella (9½) and William (3½).
Donald is listed with Drake Bn, Royal Naval Division, A/206 as of 17 September 1914
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