Alexander Morrison, 3 Cross

Private ALEX MORRISON
Last address in Lewis: 3 Cross,
Son of John Morrison, of Ness, Stornoway, Scotland.
Service unit: 43rd Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment)
Service number: 420317
Date of death: 15 October 1916 at the age of 31
Died of wounds on the Somme
Portsdown (Christ Church) Military Cemetery, grave B. 70
Local memorial: North Lewis, Cross

Date of birth: 15 September 1888
Place of birth: Isle of Lewis
Height: 5 ft 6½ in
Complexion: Ruddy
Eyes: Blue
Hair: Fair
Religion: Presbyterian
Trade / occupation: Farmer
Not married
Next of kin: Sandy Buchanan, Sister, of Basswood, Man
Volunteered at Winnipeg on 24 December 1914 

His brother Donald drowned on SS Buffalo in September 1918. He served in the RNR during the war.