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Lt Godfrey Evan Hugh MACDONALD, of Sleat

Male 1879 - 1914  (35 years)


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  • Name Godfrey Evan Hugh MACDONALD 
    Prefix Lt 
    Suffix of Sleat 
    Born 5 Mar 1879 
    Gender Male 
    Died 2 Nov 1914  Ypres, West Flanders, Belgium Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I412  My Genealogy
    Last Modified 28 Nov 2021 

    Father Lord Ronald Archibald 21 MACDONALD, of Sleat,   b. 9 Jun 1853, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Jan 1947  (Age 93 years) 
    Mother Louisa Jane Hamilton ROSS,   d. 20 Aug 1922 
    Family ID F289  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Helen BANKES,   d. 7 Nov 1928 
    Children 
     1. Lord Alexander Godfrey Macdonaldof MACDONALD,   b. 27 Jun 1909,   d. 29 Nov 1970  (Age 61 years)
     2. Capt James Archibald MACDONALD, of Sleat,   b. 11 Dec 1911,   d. 22 Oct 1942, El Alamein, Egypt Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 30 years)
    Last Modified 27 Nov 2021 
    Family ID F290  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Commonwealth War Graves Commission Record: In Memory of THE HON. GOFREY EVAN HUGH MACDONALD Lieutenant 1st Bn., Scots Guards who died on Monday, 2nd November 1914. Age 35. Additional Information: Son of 6th Baron Macdonald of Slate; husband of Helen Macdonald (nee Bankes), of Ostaig, Isle of Skye. Served in the South African Campaign. Commemorative Information Memorial: YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium Grave Reference/ Panel Number: Panel 11 Location: Ypres (now Ieper) is a town in the Province of West Flanders. The Memorial is situated at the eastern side of the town on the road to Menin and Courtrai, and bears the names of men who were lost without trace during the defence of the Ypres Salient in the First World War.