Image courtesy Clan Macrae Roll of Honour
Private JAMES MACRAE
Seamas Ailig Mhóir
Last known address in Barra: Bruernish
Service unit: 8th Seaforth Highlanders
Service number: S/21418
Enlisted at Stirling
Date of death: 22 August 1917
Killed in action
Memorial: Tyne Cot Memorial, panel 132 to 135 and 162A
Local memorial: Barra & Vatersay
James appears in the 1901 census aged 7, the son of Alen (46) and Flora (45) and brother of Farquhar (14), Flora (12), Alexander (10), Allan (5) and Jessie (9).
His brother Alexander was lost in 1917, serving with the RNVR.
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