64694: Death of Angus Mackay
Excerpt from Stornoway Gazette and West Coast Advertiser
LOCAL AND DISTRICT NEWS: UIG
July 15, 1917
VALTOS HERO FALLS – Last week Mr. William MacKay, Valtos, received intimation of the death of his son, Pte. Angus MacKay, Gordon Highlanders, on the 28th June last, in the Casualty Clearing Station, France. He died from shell wound in the back. Pte. Mackay went to France very early in the war and had been wounded twice previously – the first time very seriously. Great sympathy is extended to his parents and relatives in their bereavement.
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- Record Type:
- Story, Report or Tradition
- Date:
- 1917
- Type Of Story Report Tradition:
- Newspaper Article
- Record Maintained by:
- CEU