Last address in Lewis: Flesherin,
Son of Angus and Kate MacLeod, of Flesherin, Portnaguran, Stornoway.
Service unit: Royal Army Medical Corps
Service number: 127635
Date of death: 12 August 1918 at the age of 24
Interred: Eye / Aignish Cemetery, grave A. 4. 23
Local memorial: Point (Garrabost)
On 22 November 1917, Angus was called up as a reservist into the Royal Army Medical Corps (RAMC). At the time, he was 23 years and 1 month of age and had been employed as a fisherman. On 5 April 1918, he was discharged from the Army on medical grounds.
Stornoway Gazette, 23 August 1918
Angus Macleod, RAMC, eldest son of Mr Angus Macleod, flesher, died on 12th August, aged 23 years, after a week's acute illness. He never recovered his usual health since undergoing a dental operation in Netly Hospital, from which he was discharged last May. He was a promising young man of sterling qualities much beloved by young and old, and the sympathy of the whole community goes out to his sorrowing parents, brothers and sisters. His brothers John and Alick John are serving in the Navy.
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