William R.E. MacLEAN, Barrack Warden, formerly Pipe Major, 92nd Regiment of Foot, 2nd Gordon Highlanders. Born 1856 died 6th December 1901. He was married on the 22nd September 1888 aged 32, widower, Pipe Major, 1st Gordon Highlanders to Victoria Lucy Bartuello, aged 19, Spinster, native of Malta. His first wife, Martha nee Brittain , spinster, aged 21+ years, he married by licence, issued 10th June 1886 and she died in Malta in 1886 aged 29.
He is at rest in Pieta Military Cemetery. Plot 02 Row 26 Grave 07
His wife is at rest in Tabraxia Cemetery, which is a very short distance from Pieta.
Death details of Martha. his first wife -
Martha McLEAN. Born 1857 in Scarborough to Richard and Margaret Brittain. Wife of Pipe-Major W. McLean, 1st Battalion, Gordon Highlanders, died 8th November 1886 aged 29 years..
(Wills and Admin, Ancestry) She lived at Floriana, Valletta, Malta with her husband, William McLean, Pipe Major, 1st Gordon Highlanders. She died on the 8th November 1886 at Floriana.
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