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Malcolm Maclean, Lochmaddy, North Uist

Sergeant MALCOLM MACLEAN
Last known address in North Uist: Lochmaddy
Husband of Alice McLean, of 36, Barrack St., Colchester.
Service unit: 9th Div. Signal Coy. Royal Engineers
Service number: 23535, formerly 6661 Cameron Highlanders
Date of death: 22 September 1917 aged 30
Killed in action
Interred: Klein-Vierstraat British Cemetery, grave III. D. 12

Frank Coull, Lochmaddy, North Uist

Sapper FRANK COULL
Last known address in North Uist: Lochmaddy, North Uist
Son of J. Coull, of Lochmaddy, North Uist, Scotland.
Service unit: 56th Signal Coy, Royal Engineers
Service number: 406527
Date of death: 16 February 1919 at the age of 35
Interred: Etaples Military Cemetery, LXXII. B. 32
Local memorial: North Uist

Frank appears in the 1901 census aged 17, a game watcher, the son of James (48) and Sarah Ann (47) and brother of Rhoda (15), William James (13) and Duncan (11) and Thomas (8).

Thomas died of meningitis in Glasgow in 1915.

D Maclennan, Scarp

Pioneer D MACLENNAN
Last known address:  Scarp
Son of Finlay Maclennan
Service unit: Royal Engineers, Inland Waterways and Docks
Service number: WR/339099
Date of death: 15 November 1918 at the age of 44
Cemetery: Scarp Burial Ground

 
Image reproduced with kind permission from Ian Johnston