Kenneth Macaulay, 19C Breasclete


Seaman / Gunner KENNETH MACAULAY
Last address in Lewis: 19C Breasclete,
Son of Angus and Catherine MacAulay, of 19, Breasclete, Stornoway, Ross-shire.
Service unit: Royal Naval Reserve, HMS Velox
Service number: 4448A
Date of birth: 10 January 1894
Date of death: 25 October 1915 at the age of 23
Lost at sea in mining of ship
Memorial: Chatham Naval Memorial, panel 14
Local memorial: East Loch Roag, Callanish

Kenneth appears in the 1901 census at 19 Breasclete, aged 7, the son of Angus (49) and Catherine (46) and brother of Donald (13), Angus (11), George (9), Maggie (5) and Malcolm (3).

His brothers George,  Donald and Malcolm served in the RNR; his brother Angus was with the US Army; these four all survived the war.

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