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Peter Douglas, Lochskipport, South Uist

Private PETER DOUGLAS
Last known address in South Uist: Lochskipport
Son of Norman Douglas, of Balure, Kilchrenan, Lismore, Argyll.
Service unit: 2nd Royal Scots Fusiliers
Service number: 34800
Enlisted at Oban
Date of death: 23 April 1917 at the age of 30
Memorial: Arras Memorial, bay 5
Local memorial: South Uist

Peter appears in the 1901 census of Lismore, Argyll, at Kilcheran Shepherd's House. He is aged 13, and the son of Norman (37) and Chirsty (39) and brother of Kate (8) and Donald (6).

Angus Stewart, Grimsay, North Uist

Private ANGUS STEWART
Last known address in North Uist: Grimsay
Service unit: 6th / 7th Royal Scots Fusiliers
Service number: 23214
Enlisted at Glasgow
Date of death: 24 April 1917
Killed in action
Memorial: Arras Memorial, bay 5

Roderick Macdonald, Lochmaddy, North Uist

Sergeant RODERICK MACDONALD
Last known address in North Uist: Lochmaddy, North Uist
Husband of Jessie MacDonald, of 11, Apsley St., Partick, Glasgow.
Service unit: C Coy, 1st Royal Scots Fusiliers
Service number: 11782
Enlisted at Glasgow
Date of death: 13 November 1916 at the age of 27
Interred: Serre Road Cemetery No 1, grave I. D. 39
Local memorial: North Uist

Donald Macbain, Knockintorrain, North Uist

Private DONALD MACBAIN
Last known address in North Uist: Knockintorran, North Uist
Service unit: Royal Scots Fusiliers
Service number: [not known]
Date of death: [not known]
Local memorial: North Uist

Donald is shown in the 1901 census at Knockintorran, aged 6, the grandson of John (59) and Janet (40), and brother of Lachlan (16), John (13) and Maggie (11).

Murdo Morrison, Amhuinnsuidhe, Harris

Serjeant MURDO MORRISON
Last known address in Harris:  Amhuinnsuide
Son of D. J. Morrison, of Amhuinnsuidh, Harris
Service unit: 1st Royal Scots Fusiliers
Service number: 12046
Date of death: 7 April 1917 [aged 32]
Interred: Wanquetin Communal Cemetery extension, grave I. C. 10

 Stornoway Gazette 18 May 1917
Sgt Murdo Morrison RSF was killed in action in France on 8 April 1917. He was the son of Mr Donald Morrison, blacksmith, Amhuinnsuidhe. In civil life he was a gardener and worked for a number of years in Kilmarnock. On outbreak of war, he enlisted in the RSF and had been in France for the past two years. His parents have the sympathy of the community.

Murdo is found in the 1891 census at 6 Amhuinnsuidhe, aged 6, the son of Donald (39) and Emma (36) and brother of Barbara (11), Betsy Ann (9), Marion (8), Angus (6), Frederick (3) and Catherine (1). A decade later, Bella (6) is also a sibling.

John Macaulay, Amhuinnsuidhe, Harris

JOHN MACAULAY
Last known address in Harris:  Amhuinnsuide
Military unit: Royal Scots Fusiliers
Date of death: [not known]

The 1901 census of North Harris, Amhuinnsuidhe, shows a family of Macaulays at  6 Amhuinnsuidhe, headed by Frederick (59, deer stalker) and Marion (48), who have a family of 9 children, namely: Mary An (19), Betsy (17), Fred (16), Lucy (13), John (11), Angus (9), Maggie (7) and Dolly (2).