Kenneth Macleod, Finsbay, Harris

Private KENNETH MACLEOD
Last known address in Harris:  Finsbay
Son of John and Catherine Macleod
Service unit: 2nd Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
Service number: S/40814
Enlisted at Inverness
Date of death: 29 September 1918 at the age of 20
Killed in action
Interred: Villers Hill British Cemetery, Villers-Guislain, I. D. 10


Kenneth was one of the nine children (as recorded in the 1901 census) of John (60) and Catherine (48). At the time, he was 2 years old; his siblings were Ewan (19), Donald (16), Mary (12), Jessie (10), Malcolm (8), Annie Kate (6), Rachel (4) and William (6 months).

John Macleod, Finsbay, Harris

Private JOHN MACLEOD
Last known address in Harris:  Finsbay
Military unit: 2nd Scots Guards
Service number: 10154
Enlisted at Glasgow
Date of death: 12 October 1917
Killed in action
Memorial: Tyne Cot Memorial, panel 10

William Macdonald, Finsbay, Harris

Acting Serjeant WILLIAM MACDONALD
Last known address in Harris:  Finsbay
Son of Kenneth and Mary MacDonald
Service unit: 1st Cameron Highlanders
Service number: 3/5171
Date of death: 22 December 1914 at the age of 21
Killed in action
Memorial: Le Touret Memorial, panel 41 and 42

John Campbell, Finsbay, Harris

Company Sergeant Major JOHN CAMPBELL
Son of Finlay and Marion Campbell
Last known address in Harris:  Finsbay
Military unit: 6th Cameron Highlanders
Service number: 3/6314
Enlisted at Newport, Monmouthshire
Date of death: 6 August 1915 at the age of 45
Died of wounds
Interred: Philosophe British Cemetery, Mazingarbe, grave I. A. 14.
Served in the South African Campaign.

John appears in the 1871 census, aged 6 months, the son of Mary and Finlay (both aged 36).  A decade later, he is aged 10, and has two younger siblings, Donald (8) and Marion (5).