Private DONALD MACDONALD
Last address in Lewis: 16B Knockaird,
Son of Donald and Annie Macdonald, of 16B Knockaird, Ness, Stornoway.
Service unit: 2nd Seaforth Highlanders
Service number: 3/7105
Enlisted at Stornoway
Date of death: 5 May 1915 at the age of 23
Died of gas poisoning
Interred: Hazebrouck Communal Cemetery, grave II. D. 15
Local memorial: North Lewis, Cross
Donald is shown in the 1901 census at 16 Knockaird aged 6 with his parents Donald (48), Annie (43) and siblings John (15), Margaret (13), Mary (11), Angus (8), Alexander (4) and Annie (6 months).
His brother Alex served in the RNR but survived the war.
No comments:
Post a Comment