4 and 5 May 1915

The battalion remains engaged in the 2nd battle of Ypres.
With the exception of the morning of the 4th, the weather was good. Occasional shells.  The Battn is using a French dressing station. The men are in trenches around. The place is rather dusty. The men are still stuffering from the effects of the gas.

Casualties:
4 May: 1 man wounded
5 May: 1 man died of wounds; 3 wounded

Lewis casualties - 4 May
Private DONALD MACLEAN
Last address in Lewis: 3 Dun Carloway,
Son of Donald MacLean, of 3, Doune Carloway, Stornoway.
Service unit: 2nd Seaforth Highlanders
Service number: 3/7215
Date of death: 4 May 1915 at the age of 18
Died of gas poisoning in St Julien
Interred: Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension, I. D. 13
Local memorial: Carloway

Lewis casualties - 5 May
Private DONALD MACDONALD

Last address in Lewis: 16B Knockaird,
Son of Donald and Annie Macdonald, of 16B Knockaird, Ness, Stornoway.
Service unit: 2nd Seaforth Highlanders
Service number: 3/7105
Date of death: 5 May 1915 at the age of 23
Died of gas poisoning
Interred: Hazebrouck Communal Cemetery, grave II. D. 15
Local memorial: North Lewis, Cross

Sergeant NEIL MACIVER
Last address in Lewis: 40 Breasclete,
Son of Neil MacIver, of 40, Breasclete, Stornoway, Lewis.
Service unit: 2nd Seaforth Highlanders
Service number: 3/6713
Date of death: 5 May 1915 at the age of 22
Died of gas poisoning
Interred: Ste Marie Cemetery, Le Havre, grave Div. 19. C. 5.
Local memorial: East Loch Roag, Callanish