Lieutenant GEORGE MACLEOD
Last address in Lewis: 15 Scotland Street
Son of Mrs. A. McLeod, of 12, Lorne St., Glasgow. Native of Stornoway.
Service unit: Royal Naval Reserve, HMS Cowslip
Date of death: 25 April 1918 at the age of 33
Ship sunk by UB-105 near Cape Spartel
Memorial: Portsmouth Naval, panel 30,
Local memorial: Lewis War Memorial; Nicolson WW1 memorial, middle pane
George appears in the 1901 census as a 5-year old at 23 Scotland Street, with his father Malcolm (31, tailor) and mother Ann (33) as well as his younger brother Donald J (2). Both parents originated from the parish of Uig in Lewis.
Stornoway Gazette, 17 May 1918
The death of Lieut. George Macleod, RNR, removes another of the many Stornoway boys who made the sea their calling. He was 33 years of age and the eldest son of the late Mr Malcolm Macleod and Mrs Macleod, 12 Lorne Street, Ibrox [Glasgow]. He left Stornoway 16 years ago and after serving in various shipping companies joined the Alfred Holt Line in 1913. He sailed for them until November 1915, when he left to join the Navy, obtaining a commission there as Sub-Lieutenant. Proving himself a capable and efficient officer, his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant followed three months later. He was last in Glasgow about five months back, having been appointed to a new ship, in which he was serving at the time of his death. The news of this sad event was conveyed in a brief telegram on April 26th, which was later on confirmed by an official intimation from the Admiralty. Five officers and one man lost their lives as a result of an explosion following the ship being torpedoed. In sympathising deeply with his widowed mother and brothers and sisters in their loss, a wide circle of friends will greatly miss his bright and cheery presence.
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