Private MALCOLM MACLEOD
Last address in Lewis: 84 Keith Street
Next of kin: Donald Macleod, Father, of 86 Keith Street
Military unit: 15th Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Service number: 27092
Date of death: 29 April 1915 at the age of 29
Cause of death: Killed in action
Memorial: Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Panel 18 - 24 - 26 - 30
Local memorial: Lewis War Memorial
Date of birth: 26 February 1886
Place of birth: Isle of Lewis
Height: 5 ft 4½ in
Complexion: Medium
Eyes: Blue
Hair: Auburn
Religion: Presbyterian
Trade / occupation: Linesman, Bell Telephone Co
Volunteered at Valcartier on 22 September 1914
Further imagery regarding Malcolm can be seen on this page on Veteran Affairs Canada.
Malcolm is found aged 7 on the 1891 census at 86 Keith Street, living with his father Donald (aged 34, a joiner and contractor) and mother Catherine (aged 32 ), as well as siblings Margaret A Macleod (8), Isabella (8), Alexander J (5) and Hector (3). As the family is not traceable in 1901, there is a possibility that they had emigrated to Canada by that time.
Hector served with the Cameron Highlanders and was killed in action on 19 March 1916.
Alexander John served with the 79th Depot Battery Canadian Expeditionary Force, enlisting from Montreal.
Regarding Malcolm Macleod, son of Donald, he was the brother of my grandmother, Isabella, who married Angus Mackenzie of Stornoway, and eventually moved to Canada in the early 1920s. Her only other surviving brother, Alexander John Macleod also emigrated to Canada, while her twin sister Margaret lived in Glasgow most of her adult life.
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