Records Of The Men Of Lochbroom | 068 DUNCAN M'GREGOR

68 - RECORDS OF THE MEN OF LOCHBROOM

1918

Pte. DUNCAN M'GREGOR,

Seaforth Highlanders.

Aged 31

Road contractor between Garve and Braemore. Son of Mr. Roderick M’Gregor, Badcaul.

Joined the Army	June, 1917.
Died of Pneumonia at Sheffield	2nd Jan. 1918.

Had one brother serving -

“Caochladh beatha ‘th ‘ann ‘s cha bhàs.“

- Donnach Bàn.

Official information

Official record (CWGC)

Cemetery / Memorial: Gruinard, Wester Ross, UK.

Grave:

Location and Map (CWGC)

Local Memorial: Dundonnell.

additional information

The official records state that he was in the Machine Guns Corps.

The translation of the Epitaph is the following. “A change to life it is, not death.” (A line from ‘Marbhrann an ùghdair dha fèin’ (The poet’s elegy for himself) by Donnchadh Bàn Mac an t-Saoir).

Family information

The connection with the Parish today is not known.