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Pte. John MacArthur
British Army 8th Battalion
Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
from:Fornisaig, Isle Of Islay
(d.1st Jul 1916)
John and Gibert MacArthur were brothers who were practically compelled to enlist in the Army by the local landowner in fear that their parents might be evicted as the Highland clearances were still in operation although a little more subtle than the brutal clearances of the 19th century, nevertheless this was the situation in 1914.
John & Gilbert both fell in the Great War although we have very little information. We understand John was killed on the first day of the Battle of the Somme. We don't know the circumstances where Gilbert fell. We are not even sure if both were in the same regiment. Which would probably be the 8th Argylls. Both brothers were born and lived in the crofting township of Fornisaig in the Rhinns parish of Kilchoman on the Isle of Islay in Argyll, Scotland. As all the old relations are all passed away. It would be nice to know the circumstances of their deaths on active service.