"Domhnall Ghabhsainn" - Domhnall Mac Chaluim Mhic Dhomhnaill Ruaidh
Last address in Lewis: 58 North Tolsta,
Son of Malcolm MacLeod, of 58, North Tolsta, Stornoway, and the late Mary MacLeod.
Service unit: Royal Naval Reserve
Service number: 3329/A
Date of birth: 20 October 1887
Date of death: 1 January 1919 at the age of 31
Drowned in sinking of HMY Iolaire
Interred: North Tolsta Cemetery
Local memorial: North Tolsta
Donald is shown as a 7-year old at 58 North Tolsta in the 1901 census, at home with his parents Malcolm (39) and Mary (38) as well as siblings John (11), Henrietta (10), Malcolm (7) and Isabella (2).
His brother Malcolm was also lost in the Iolaire; his brother John also served in the RNR but survived the war.
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