Seaman DONALD MORRISON
Last known address in Berneray: Borve
Son of Malcolm Morrison
Service unit: Royal Naval Reserve, SS Cape Finistere
Service number: 3346B
Date of death: 2 November 1917
Ship sunk 1 mile off Manacle Buoy by UC-17
Memorial: Chatham Naval Memorial, panel 26
Local memorial: Berneray
Donald appears in the 1891 census aged 13, the son of Malcolm and Euphemia (both aged 50) and brother of Marion (17), Ann (15), Catherine (11), Christina (9) and John (6).
Stornoway Gazette, 7 December 1917
Berneray (Harris)
While many of our gallant lads do escape, we regret that our little
island has had its share of casualties. Last week, the sad news was
received that Donald Morrison, only surviving son of the late Malcolm
Morrison, was drowned by the torpedoing of his ship. He was an naval
reservist and served since the outbreak of war on various ships and in
different parts of the empire. He was a splendid type of those capable
and gallant seamen born and bred in our Western Isles. The deepest
sympathy is extended to his widow and five little boys and also to his
widowed mother and to his sisters, one of whom, Miss Napier, lost her
husband on the battlefield in France a few months ago.
Donald was my grandfather. My grandmother Lexie was pregnant with my father Kennneth and his twin brother Donald at the time of his loss so never met his father. Really intresting to read this blog .
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