Private MALCOLM MACRITCHIE
Last address in Lewis: 3 Benside,
Son of John and Alexina McRitchie, of 3, Benside, Laxdale, Stornoway.
Service unit: 1st Seaforth Highlanders
Service number: 317335
Enlisted at Stornoway
Date of death: 8 November 1917 at the age of 27
Killed in action
Interred: Baghdad (North Gate) War Cemetery, grave X. C. 10
Local memorial: Lewis War Memorial
The 1901 census shows Malcolm, aged 12, at home at 3 Newmarket Road, Stornoway, with his parents John (44, crofter & mason) and Alexandrina [Alexina] (53) as well as his siblings Matilda (16), Alex (14), Christina A (9).
His brother Alexander served in the RNR, but survived the war.
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