Donald Steele, North Boisdale, South Uist

Private DONALD STEELE
Son of Roderick and Mary Steele, of North Boisdale, South Uist.
Last known address in South Uist: North Boisdale
Service unit: 1st Scots Guards
Service number: 10027
Enlisted at Glasgow
Date of death: 25 January 1915 at the age of 25
Killed in action
Interred: Cabaret-Rouge British Cemetery, Souchez, XXXI, E. 11
Local memorial: South Uist

Donald appears in the 1901 census aged 10, one of the twelve children of Roderick (50) and Mary (48). He resigned from the Glasgow police force on 3 September 1914 in order to enlist.

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