"Calum 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: 5478/A
Date of birth: 17 September 1893
Date of death: 1 January 1919 at the age of 24
Drowned in sinking of HMY Iolaire
Interred: North Tolsta Cemetery
Local memorial: North Tolsta
Malcolm 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 Donald (13), John (11), Henrietta (10) and Isabella (2).
His brother Donald was also lost in the Iolaire; his brother John also served in the RNR but survived the war.
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