Ordinary Seaman ARCHIBALD MACKINNON
Eardsidh Eachainn Anna
Son of Hector and Jessie McKinnon (nee McLachlan).
Last known address in Barra: Borve
Service unit: Merchant Navy, SS Dartmoor
Date of death: 17 May 1917 at the age of 20
Ship sunk 35 miles SE of Fastnet by UC-50
Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial
Local memorial: Barra & Vatersay
Archibald appears in the 1901 census aged 4, the son of Hector (54) and Jessie (42) and brother of Ewen (8), Peter (6), Flora (2) and Donald (3 days).
His brother Donald was also lost, serving with the Merchant Navy in this war.
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