Private EWEN MACDOUGALL
Last known address in North Uist: Knockintorran, North Uist
Service unit: 4th Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders
Service number: 3029
Date of death: 7 August 1916 at the age of 21
Died at home of TB
Local memorial: North Uist
Ewen signed up for the Camerons at the Bayhead Post Office in January 1915, but served for only 7 months. He was discharged as physically unfit for service in September 1915. He had developed this in France in May 1915.
He is described as follows, at time of discharge:
Height: 5 ft 6 1/2 inches
Complexion: Fresh
Hair: Light brown
Trade: Farm worker
Ewen Macdougall is in the 1901 census for North Uist, aged 6, living at Bayhead (close to Knockintorran), the son of Angus (52) and Margaret (29), and brother of Catherine (13), Joanna (10), Archibald, (7), Maggie (4), Anne (2) and John Archibald (6 months).
The death certificate for Ewen also shows that his sister Anne died the following day, 8 August 1916, at the age of 17. She had been suffering from pneumonia and typhoid fever.
Can confirm above as I have Death Certificate extract. Parish N Uist 1916 Entry 47.
ReplyDeleteDied Aug 7 1916 in Knockintorran of Pulmonary Tuberculosis.
Was in the 4th Cameron's.
John MacDougall, Great grand nephew.
Thanks for that, John, much appreciated. I am amending the details.
DeleteI am finding no reference to Ewen on the Commonwealth War Graves Commission website, but firmly believe he should be on their registers. Will initiate proceedings to have that done.
DeleteHello,
ReplyDelete19 new names were added to the Brookwood Memorial to the Missing recently by the CWGC and Ewan's is one of them.
With another ex CWGC employee we have identified an unmarked grave in Moray to another of those added. All the evidence has been passed to the CWGC so, hopefully, this grave will be marked as it should be.
We are trying now to locate the burial place of Ewan. As he died at home we assume he is buried nearby in a family plot most probably as his sister died the day after him.
Can we help each other in any way?
Have put out a query on the North Uist Appreciation Society page on Facebook, hope to get an answer that way.
DeleteThe registrar for the area has told me that there is an old part of Kilmuir cemetery, where burials took place until 1929. Unfortunately, there are no written records for that time. The local council are however happy for a headstone to be erected in that part of the cemetery, if CWGC are prepared to do so.
DeleteThank you very much indeed.
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