Seaman KENNETH MACAULAY
Last address in Lewis: 5 Breasclete,
Son of Donald and Mary Macaulay, of 5, Breasclet, Stornoway, Isle of Lewis.
Service unit: Royal Naval Reserve, HMS Gunner [Granton]
Service number: 5356A
Date of birth: 13 July 1891
Date of death: 3 November 1918 at the age of 27
Died of pneumonia at Granton
Interred: Edinburgh (Seafield) Cemetery Screen Wall M. 63.
Local memorial: East Loch Roag, Callanish
Kenneth appears in the 1901 census of Breasclete, aged 10, the son of Donald (46) and Mary (43) and brother of Annie (14), Malcolm (12), Marion (5) and Mary (3).
His brother Malcolm served in the Canadians, to survive the war.
Stornoway Gazette, 6 December 1918
It is with deep regret we record the death of seaman Kenneth Macaulay, RNR, 5 Breasclet, at Granton Hospital on 3 November, of pneumonia following influenza. A shipmate writes:
"A happier lad than Kenneth Macaulay was hard to find. Of him it could in truth be said "British to the Backbone". Just ask his shipmates. These last two years we have served together in one of the Q-boats. During that time, we had experiences calculated to bring a man out in the open and Kenneth was splendid! It is a sad blow to the parents to lose such a son and it is a sad blow for us to lose such a chum. I sat by his bedside during his last ten minutes of life and I can hardly believe yet he's gone. All his shipmates extend their sincere sympathy to his bereaved parents".
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