Last known address in Lewis: 5 Kershader
Service unit: 2nd Seaforth Highlanders
Service number: 3/7424
Date of death: 11 April 1917 at the age of 22
Killed in action in France
Interred: Brown's Copse cemetery, Roeux, grave II. E. 33.
Village memorial: Pairc, Kershader
Lewis War Memorial: Parish of Lochs, Park division, panel 2
Stornoway Gazette tribute
Sergeant MALCOLM MACLEOD
Last known address in Lewis: 5 Kershader
Also known at 7 Kershader
Service unit: Canadians
Date of death: August 1917 at the age of 27
Killed in action
Village memorial: Pairc, Kershader
Lewis War Memorial: Parish of Lochs, Park division, panel 2
Went over early.
Seaman JOHN MURDO MACDONALD
Last known address in Lewis: 7 Kershader
Son of Donald and Margaret Macdonald
Service unit: Royal Naval Reserve, HMD Ocean's Gift
Service number: 14335/DA
Date of death: 2 July 1917 at the age of 18
Died in hospital at Chatham
Interred: Gillingham (Woodlands) Cemetery, grave Naval 28. 1476
Village memorial: Pairc, Kershader
Lewis War Memorial: Parish of Lochs, Park division, panel 2
Sergeant MALCOLM MACAULAY
Last known address in Lewis: 8 Kershader
Also known at 10 Kershader and 30 Balallan
Brother of John Macaulay, son of John and Catherine Macaulay.
Service unit: 1st Seaforth Highlanders
Service number: 9188
Date of death: 12 March 1915 at the age of 27
Killed in action at Neuve Chapelle
Memorial: Le Touret Memorial, panel 38 and 39
Village memorial: Pairc, Kershader and Kinloch, Laxay
Lewis War Memorial: Parish of Lochs, Park division, panel 2
Medals: Mons Star
Served with Seaforths for 11 years: enlisted in 1905, served in India from 1906 to 1914, when he proceeded to France.
Private JOHN DUNCAN MACKAY
Last known address in Lewis: 8 Kershader
Also known at 3 Caversta
Son of Duncan and Mary Mackay
Service unit: 2nd Seaforth Highlanders
Service number: S/9777
Date of death: 1 July 1916 at the age of 19
Killed in action
Memorial: Thiepval Memorial, Pier and Face 15C
Village memorial: Pairc, Kershader; Nicolson Institute WW1, left panel
Lewis War Memorial: Parish of Lochs, Park division, panel 2
Was a junior student at the Nicolson Institute in Stornoway before joining up
Corporal DUNCAN MACKAY
Last known address in Lewis: 11 Kershader
Son of Finlay and Annie Mackay
Service unit: 7th Seaforth Highlanders
Service number: S/9309
Date of death: 11 May 1916 at the age of 19
Killed in action in Bailleul, France
Interred: Bailleul Communal Cemetery, extension (Nord), grave II. D. 47
Village memorial: Pairc, Kershader
Lewis War Memorial: Parish of Lochs, Park division, panel 2
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