16056: Donald Smith
Dòmhnall Ailean Ruairidh.
Donald (1895-1922) was a son of Allan Smith and Ann Macleod, 5 Calbost.
On September 12, 1912 he enrolled in the Royal Naval Reserve Service Number A4458. His record indicates that he was 5 ft 6¾ in tall with brown eyes, a fresh complexion and a scar on his right temple and one on the centre of his forehead. Donald was a fisherman on Banff, Inverness Lowestoft and Stornoway registered fishing boats including the Penguin.
He was Mobilised on August 14, 1914 and served in the Royal Navy in the First World War. Based at HMS Pembroke, HMS President and aboard HMS Edinburgh Castle. Donald is mentioned in Loyal Lewis: Roll of Honour 1914-1918.
After the War Donald returned to fishing on Inverness fishing boats and the Penguin.
Donald died in the Western Infirmary, Glasgow of Tuberculosis of the kidney.
Details
- Record Type:
- Person
- Date Of Birth:
- 16 Aug 1895
- Date of Death:
- 5 Aug 1922
- Gender:
- Male
- Brothers Keeper Reference:
- CEP 2126
- Occupation:
- Fisherman; Royal Naval Reservist; Royal Naval Seaman
- Record Maintained by:
- CEP
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