Private EVANDER MACKENZIE
Last address in Lewis: 13 Branahuie,
Son of John and Christina McKenzie, of Branahuie. Stornoway.
Service unit: 2nd Seaforth Highlanders
Service number: S/14282
Enlisted at Fort George, Inverness
Date of death: 10 May 1917 at the age of 38
Died of wounds
Interred: Etaples Military Cemetery, grave XVIII. L. 6
Local memorial: Branahuie / Melbost
Evander is shown in the 1891 census as a 12-year old at 13B Branahuie with his parents John (52) and Christina (45) as well as his older siblings Margaret (17) and Donald (14). At the time, his father John is marked as bed-ridden.
A brother Malcolm served in the Canadian Army, but survived the war.
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Hector Macleod, 11 Branahuie
Corporal HECTOR MACLEOD
Last address in Lewis: 11 Branahuie,
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Angus MacLeod. of 11, Branahuie, Stornoway, Isle of Lewis.
Service unit: Transvaal Scottish / 8th Regiment South African Infantry
Service number: 3745
Date of death: 23 March 1917 at the age of 38
Died in hospital in South Africa
Interred: Boksburg Cemetery, grave A. 575
Local memorial: Branahuie / Melbost
Hector is shown in the 1891 census as a 12-year old scholar at 11 Branahuie with his parents Angus (44, crofter and fisherman) and Catherine (39) as well as siblings Angus (14), Robert (9), John (6), Ann (3) and Bella and Mary Ann (both aged 9 months - twins?).
His brother John served in the Canadian Army but survived the war.
Last address in Lewis: 11 Branahuie,
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Angus MacLeod. of 11, Branahuie, Stornoway, Isle of Lewis.
Service unit: Transvaal Scottish / 8th Regiment South African Infantry
Service number: 3745
Date of death: 23 March 1917 at the age of 38
Died in hospital in South Africa
Interred: Boksburg Cemetery, grave A. 575
Local memorial: Branahuie / Melbost
Hector is shown in the 1891 census as a 12-year old scholar at 11 Branahuie with his parents Angus (44, crofter and fisherman) and Catherine (39) as well as siblings Angus (14), Robert (9), John (6), Ann (3) and Bella and Mary Ann (both aged 9 months - twins?).
His brother John served in the Canadian Army but survived the war.
John Macrae, 3 Branahuie
Sergeant JOHN MACRAE
Last address in Lewis: 3 Branahuie,
Son of Major J. N. Macrae, D.S.O. (Seaforth Highlanders), of Queen Victoria School, Dunblane, Perthshire.
Service unit: 8th Seaforth Highlanders
Service number: 1070
Born at St Mary's.
Enlisted at Shorncliffe, Folkestone, Kent.
Date of death: 28 July 1918 at the age of 20
Killed in action in France
Interred: Buzancy Military Cemetery, grave I. D. 3
Local memorial: Branahuie / Melbost
John was one of three sons of Lt Col John N Macrae DSO who served during the war, and the only one to lose his life. The colonel's brother David served in the Canadians; the colonel himself served in the Seaforths, as did his sons Hector and Donald; his son Malcolm was in the Royal Engineers.
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