Private JOHN MACSWEEN
Last address in Lewis: 3 Tolsta Chaolais
Son of Catherine; father from Leurbost, lived in Glasgow
Service unit: 9th Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
Service number: 11765
Enlisted at Whiteinch, Glasgow
Date of death: 25 September 1915
Killed on the first day of the Battle of Loos
Memorial: Loos Memorial, Panel 57 to 59
Local memorial: Tolsta Chaolais
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George Macsween, 1 Upper Garrabost
Private GEORGE MACSWEEN
Last address in Lewis: 1 Upper Garrabost,
Son of John and Annie MacSween, of 1, Upper Garrabost, Stornoway.
Service unit: 4th Gordon Highlanders
Service number: 1595
Enlisted at Aberdeen
Date of death: 16 June 1915 at the age of 24
Killed in action in Flanders
Memorial: Le Touret Memorial, Panel 39 to 41
Local memorial: Point (Garrabost); Nicolson Institute WW1, right panel
Was slightly wounded the previous day, but refused to go down the line to have his wounded looked to, as he desired to be in the attack which was coming off the next day, in which he fell. He was a student at Aberdeen Training college, when he joined the Gordons.
George is shown in the 1901 census as a 9-year old at home with his parents John (46) and Annie (36) as well as his sisters Annie (13) and Catherine (7).
Murdo Macsween, 8 Lower Garrabost
Private MURDO MACSWEEN
Last address in Lewis: 8 Lower Garrabost,
Son of Murdo and Christina McSween, of Garrabost, Stornoway.
Service unit: 2nd Seaforth Highlanders
Service number: 3/7442
Enlisted at Stornoway
Date of death: 15 July 1916 at the age of 19
Killed in action
Interred: Doullens Communal Cemetery extension, no 1, grave III. D. 5
Mentioned on family gravestone in Eye Cemetery.
Local memorial: Point (Garrabost)
The war diary for his regiment for the day of his death reads as follows:
A large draft of 170 joined us on the 15th. A good looking lot but a mixture of 4th Seaforths, 4th and 6th Gordons. On the nights of the 15th and 16th, the Battalion was employed in carrying up gas cylinders to the trenches in front of AUCHONVILLERS. The weather was bad.
His brother John served as a Petty Officer in the Royal Navy, and survived the war.
Last address in Lewis: 8 Lower Garrabost,
Son of Murdo and Christina McSween, of Garrabost, Stornoway.
Service unit: 2nd Seaforth Highlanders
Service number: 3/7442
Enlisted at Stornoway
Date of death: 15 July 1916 at the age of 19
Killed in action
Interred: Doullens Communal Cemetery extension, no 1, grave III. D. 5
Mentioned on family gravestone in Eye Cemetery.
Local memorial: Point (Garrabost)
The war diary for his regiment for the day of his death reads as follows:
A large draft of 170 joined us on the 15th. A good looking lot but a mixture of 4th Seaforths, 4th and 6th Gordons. On the nights of the 15th and 16th, the Battalion was employed in carrying up gas cylinders to the trenches in front of AUCHONVILLERS. The weather was bad.
His brother John served as a Petty Officer in the Royal Navy, and survived the war.
Kenneth Macsween, 21 Aignish
Lance Corporal KENNETH MACSWEEN
Last address in Lewis: 21 Aignish
Service unit: 1st Seaforth Highlanders
Service number: 3/7128
Enlisted at Stornoway
Date of death: 11 August 1915 at the age of 21
Killed in action in France
Interred: Rue due Bacquerot no 1 Military Cemetery, Laventie, grave II. B. 4.
Local memorial: Point (Garrabost)
Last address in Lewis: 21 Aignish
Service unit: 1st Seaforth Highlanders
Service number: 3/7128
Enlisted at Stornoway
Date of death: 11 August 1915 at the age of 21
Killed in action in France
Interred: Rue due Bacquerot no 1 Military Cemetery, Laventie, grave II. B. 4.
Local memorial: Point (Garrabost)
Allan Macsween, 2 Newton Street, Stornoway
Signaller ALLAN MACSWEEN
Last address in Lewis: 2 Newton Street, Stornoway
Service unit: Royal Navy, HMS Invincible
Service number: J/25788
Date of birth: 26 October 1887
Date of death: 31 May 1916 at the age of 29
Lost at the Battle of Jutland.
Memorial: Portsmouth Naval Memorial, panel 13
Local memorial: Lewis War Memorial; Nicolson WW1 memorial, right panel
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