Last address in Lewis: 40 Breasclete,
Service unit: Royal Naval Reserve, HMS Victory
Service number: 2778/A
Date of birth: 19 January 1889
Date of death: 1 January 1919 at the age of 35
Drowned in sinking of HMY Iolaire
Interred: Dalmore Cemetery
Local memorial: East Loch Roag, Callanish
His brother Neil died of gas poisoning in 1915, having served in the Seaforth Highlanders; his brother John was in the RNR, but survived.
Malcolm appears in the 1901 census at 40A Breasclete, aged 17, the son of Neil (55) and Christy (52) and brother of Malcolm (17), Mary (15), John (13) and Neil (10).
No comments:
Post a Comment