Last address in Lewis: 10 Aird,
Son of Murdo and Margaret Macleod, husband to Annie
Service unit: Royal Naval Reserve, HMY Iolaire
Service number: 4219/B
Date of birth: January 1876
Date of death: 1 January 1919 at the age of 43
Drowned in sinking of HMY Iolaire
Interred: Aignish / Eye Cemetery, grave A. 3. 71.
Local memorial: Point (Garrabost)
Took part in the Battle of Jutland
Murdo is shown in the 1881 census as the 7-year old son of Murdo (44, crofter) and Mary (40), with his siblings John (13), Isabella (11), Donald (9), Norman (5), Angus (1) and Flora (1).
His brothers John and Donald also served in the RNR.
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