Sergeant MURDO MURRAY
Last address in Lewis: 8 Stag Road, Stornoway
Service unit: 7th Seaforth Highlanders
Service number: 3/6663
Date of death: 12 October 1916 at the age of 28
Killed in action
Interred: Warlencourt British Cemetery, grave V. E. 2
Local memorial: Lewis War Memorial; Nicolson WW1 memorial, right panel
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Hugh D Disher, 3 Stag Road, Stornoway
Private HUGH DOYLE DISHER
Last address in Lewis: 3 Stag Road, Stornoway
Grandson of James Disher
Service unit: 5th/ 6th Scottish Rifles
Service number: 41676
Date of death: 17 October 1917
Died of trench fever in hospital
Interred: Hazebrouck Communal Cemetery, III. F. 27
Local memorial: Lewis War Memorial; Nicolson WW1 memorial, left panel
Previously served with the Royal Scots, 2/1399.
Enlisted in Glasgow. A Hugh D Disher is shown in the Gorbals area on the 1891 census. A James Disher lives at 7 Stag Road, Stornoway in 1901 - he was an umbrella mender, born in Glasgow. Previous censuses show him as a hawker or pedler around Lewis and Harris.
Malcolm Macdonald, 2 Stag Road, Stornoway
Private MALCOLM MACDONALD
Last address in Lewis: 2 Stag Road, Stornoway
Son of John and Bella MacDonald, of Lower Bayble;
Husband of Isabella MacDonald, of 2, Stag Rd., Stornoway.
Service unit: B Coy. 4th Seaforth Highlanders
Service number: 3135
Date of death: 4 February 1919 at the age of 34
Interred: Eye / Aignish Cemetery, grave B. 45
In the 1891 census, Malcolm is shown as the 10-year old son of John (49, labourer) and Isabella Macdonald (46) at Lower Bayble. Their other sons were Donald (12), William (8) and Donald (4).
Last address in Lewis: 2 Stag Road, Stornoway
Son of John and Bella MacDonald, of Lower Bayble;
Husband of Isabella MacDonald, of 2, Stag Rd., Stornoway.
Service unit: B Coy. 4th Seaforth Highlanders
Service number: 3135
Date of death: 4 February 1919 at the age of 34
Interred: Eye / Aignish Cemetery, grave B. 45
In the 1891 census, Malcolm is shown as the 10-year old son of John (49, labourer) and Isabella Macdonald (46) at Lower Bayble. Their other sons were Donald (12), William (8) and Donald (4).
Neil Macqueen, Stag Road, Stornoway
Seaman NEIL MACQUEEN
Last address in Lewis: Stag Road, Stornoway
Brother of William Macqueen, 2 Coulregrein, Stornoway
Service unit: Royal Navy, HMS Surprise
Service number: 196893
Date of birth: 24 May 1881
Date of death: 23 December 1917
Drowned off Holland
Memorial: Chatham Naval Memorial, panel 21
Local memorial: Lewis War Memorial; Nicolson WW1 memorial, middle panel
Neil Macqueen is shown in the 1901 census at Gibraltar, on board HMS Jupiter. In 1911, he is shown on board a RN ship at Gillingham, Kent. The 1881 census shows Neil as a 3 months old, with his mother Mary (26, pauper) and brother William M (3) in Stornoway.
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