Last address in Lewis: 30 South Shawbost,
Son of Angus and Mary Gillies
Service unit: Royal Naval Reserve
Service number: 3309/A
Date of birth: 24 November 1888
Date of death: 1 January 1919 at the age of 28
Drowned in sinking of HMY Iolaire
Interred: Bragar Old Church Yard and extension
Local memorial: West Side, Bragar
Donald William appears in the 1901 census, aged 12, at 30 South Shawbost, the son of Angus (60) and Mary (58), and brother of Murdo (27), Malcolm (16) and Kate (15).
His brother Malcolm was a petty officer in the RNR, who survived the war.
Donald served in Hawke Bn (Royal Naval Division) C/493 from 16 September 1914 to 2 November 1914, then to Crystal Palace. HMS Pembroke from 5 November 1918 until his death.
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