MacDonald, William Eric
Rank: Private
Regiment: 4th Battalion Gordon Highlanders
Biography: Youngest son of Alexander MacDonald, Balintore, Kirkhill; born Kirkhill, Inverness-shire, 5 April 1896 ; educated Inverness Royal Academy ; matriculated in Agriculture, October 1914. Shortly afterwards he enlisted in the 4th Battalion Gordon Highlanders with which he served in Aberdeen, Bedford and Ripon, till December 1915 when he proceeded to France. He was reported "missing, believed killed in action" at High Wood, on the Somme, 23 July 1916.
Date of Death: 23 July 1916
Burial Details: Name recorded on the Thiepval Memorial.
Publication: Roll of Service, edited by Mabel Desborough Allardyce. Published 1921.
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