Malcolm Maclellan, Aird, Benbecula

Captain MALCOLM MACLELLAN
Son of Hector and Mary MacLellan,
Husband of Frances C. MacLellan, of 30A, Hartington Rd., Brighton.
Last known address in Benbecula: Aird
Service unit: 11th Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders
Date of death: 26 September 1915 at the age of 49
Memorial: Loos Memorial, panel 125 to 127
Local memorial: Benbecula

Malcolm first appears in the 1871 census of Benbecula, aged 4, at Domganchy (?) Farm, the son of Hector  (54) and Mary (38), and brother of Margaret (15), Alexander (13), Ann (11), Donald Archibald (9), Rachael (6) and Catherine (9 months).

In 1881, Malcolm is shown at Aird, Benbecula, aged 14, the son of Hector (60) and Mary (48), and brother of Rachel (16) and Catherine (10).

Malcolm appears in the 1901 census aged 34 at the King's Stables, Stirling, as a Quarter Master Sergeant of Army in Military Married Quarters.  He was born in South Uist [Benbecula] and is at that time married to Carrie Frances (23), with Malcolm Archibald (under 7 months) as his first child.

Malcolm appears in the 1911 census aged 45 at 88 Tyndall Road, Leyton, West Ham, East London. as Army Pensioner Commissionaire & Clerk Messinger With Mining Engineers, married to Frances Carrie (34). Apart from Malcolm Archibald Campbell (10), he has two younger sons, Ernest Alexander (8) and Gordon James Hunt (2).