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Cpl. Donald Mclean
British Army 2nd Btn. Argyll & Sutherland Highlander Regiment
from:Lochend, Edinburgh
(d.21st Oct 1914)
Donald McLean served with the 2nd Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders during WW1 and was killed in action on the 21st October 1914, aged 34. He is commemorated on the Ploegsteert Memorial to the Missing in Belgium. He was the son of John and Jane McLean, of Kelvinhaugh St., Glasgow; Husband of Nellie McLean, of 31, Sleigh Drive, Lochend, Edinburgh.
The Buteman & West Coast Chronicle reported: Corporal Donald McLean [8380] 2nd Btn Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, of Rothesay, Isle of Bute officially notified as missing. Shortly after entering the fighting line in France he was promoted from Lance-Corporal to Corporal for an act of bravery in going to the assistance of Lieut. Stirling in the retirement from Le Cateau, and thereby saving the officer’s life. McLean performed the gallant act at considerable risk to himself. It is hoped that McLean, who has been 12 years in the army and took part in the South African war, is still unharmed and may have become separated for a time from his regiment. He was killed on the 21/10/1914, the day after his 34th birthday. He left his pregnant wife and 3 children.
