Caversta / Cabharstadh

Private MURDO MACDONALD
Last address in Lewis: 2 Caversta,
Son of Donald Macdonald and Margaret Kemp, 2 Caversta
Service unit: 1st Gordon Highlanders
Service number: 3/5618
Date of death: 25 September 1915 at the age of 20
Killed in action at Loos
Memorial: Ypres (Menin Gate), panel 38,
Village memorial: Pairc, Kershader
Lewis War Memorial: Parish of Lochs, Park division, panel 2
Decoration(s):Entitled to Mons Star
Previously wounded, only once home on leavve, saw a great deal of service.

Seaman ANGUS MACKINNON
Last address in Lewis: 4 Caversta,
Son of Donald Mackinnon, husband to Ethel Mackinnon, of 22 Minerva Ave, Dover
Service unit: Royal Naval Reserve, HMS Attentive III
Service number: 2615/SD
Date of death: 1 January 1919
Drowned in sinking of HMY Iolaire, was never found
Memorial: Portsmouth Naval Memorial, panel 32
Village memorial: Pairc, Kershader
Lewis War Memorial: Parish of Lochs, Park division, panel 2
Was married in Dover and was on leave home to see his parents

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