Major NORMAN GEORGE MORRISON MACLEOD
Last address in Lewis: Woodside Cottage Scotland Street
Military unit: 8th Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment)
Date of death: 26 September 1916 at the age of 25
Killed in action
Local memorial: Lewis War Memorial; Nicolson Institute WW1, middle panel
Date of birth: 25 July 1891
Height: 5 ft 10 in
Complexion: Clean
Eyes: Gray
Hair: Brown
Religion: Presbyterian
Trade / occupation: Accountant
Current address: 3 Steels Road, Aldershot, England
Volunteered at Larkhill South on 9 January 1915
Was promoted captain for conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty in the heavy fighting of 24 April 1915, and was awarded the Military Cross for carrying important messages out of the trenches in daylight.
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