Kenneth Macaulay, 3 Breasclete

Seaman KENNETH MACAULAY
Last address in Lewis: 3 Breasclete,
Son of George and Christina Macaulay, of 3, Breasclete, Stornoway.
Service unit: Royal Naval Reserve, HMS Clan MacNaughton
Service number: 4971B
Date of birth: 2 June 1884
Date of death: 3 February 1915 at the age of 30
Drowned in sinking of ship
Memorial: Chatham Naval Memorial, panel 14
Mentioned on family gravestone in Dalmore Cemetery, Lewis
Local memorial: East Loch Roag, Callanish

Kenneth first appears in the 1891 census of Breasclete, aged 6, the son of George (33) and Christina (31), and brother of Chirstina (5) and Chirstina-Ann (3) as well as Alexander (8 months). A decade later, Kenneth has become a postman, aged 16, and has four more younger siblings, Duncan (8), Malcolm (6), Catherina (4) and Mary (1).

His brother Duncan was in the US Army; Alexander in the Seaforth Highlanders and Malcolm in the  Royal Garrison Artillery. These three all survived the war.