Alex John Macleod, 3 Broker

Deckhand ALEX JOHN MACLEOD
Last address in Lewis: 3 Broker,
Son of Murdo and Mary Macleod
Service unit: Royal Naval Reserve
Service number: 20422/DA
Date of birth: 16 April 1900
Date of death: 1 January 1919
Drowned in sinking of HMY Iolaire
Interred: Aignish / Eye Cemetery, grave A. 4. 23.
Local memorial: Point (Garrabost)

We find Alex John on the 1891 census in enumeration district 19 of registration district 88 (Broker) as a 14-day old infant. He is the youngest child of Murdo (38, fisherman) and Mary (31). The older siblings are named as Catherine (6), John (5), Donald (3) and Isabella (1).

His brother Donald was in the RNR, and served on board the Carmania at the time that she sank the Cap Trafalgar

The below image refers to the top name on the stone.