Roderick Macphail, 23 South Shawbost

Company Serjeant Major RODERICK MACPHAIL
Last address in Lewis: 23 South Shawbost,
Son of Donald and Bella Murray McPhail, of Stornoway
Husband of Jane McPhail, of Ronaldshay Place, South Lumley St., Grangemouth, Stirlingshire.
Service unit: 8th Seaforth Highlanders
Service number: S/1515
Enlisted at Falkirk
Date of death: 10 July 1916 at the age of 42
Killed in action
Interred: Vermelles British Cemetery, grave IV. F. 41
Local memorial: West Side, Bragar
Decoration(s):DCM, Croix de Guerre (France).

Roderick appears in the 1881 census, aged 6, at home with his parents Donald (40) and Bella (35), and sisters Catherine (3) and Christina (2).