I
was looking at the excellent online site Harris War Memorial
and noticed
that two of the men died in Bedford, and hence are also recorded in
this online Roll of Honour here.
The
two Hearachs were:
Norman
Macleod of 8 Urgha, Harris (Father, Kenneth Macleod) who died on 31
December 1914 aged 19.
Donald
McKinnon of Tarbert (son of Malcolm and Mary Morrison Mackinnon) who
died on 24 December 1914 aged 31.
In
addition to these, there is also the grave of Donald MacLean from
Lochmaddy, North Uist who died on 6 January 1915. his age is not
given, but a search of the records shows him recorded as having been
just 19 years old. He appears in this list on the Berneray to Vatersay Tribute site
.There are no next-of-kin recorded for
Donald, and I cannot locate his signing-on papers, but I hope to be
able to discover who he belonged to.
I
was intrigued by these three deaths of Privates in the 4th
Cameron Highlanders occurring within a fortnight and discovered this
excellent site that explains why they were in Bedford, and the reason
why so many deaths occurred there at the time:
The Bedford Highlanders
Here are photographs of the WWI section of the cemetery.
