Last address in Lewis: 9 South Beach Street, Stornoway
Son of Murdo and Donaldina Macleod, of 9, South Beach, Stornoway.
Service unit: 1st Seaforth Highlanders
Service number: S/3116
Enlisted at Edinburgh
Date of death: 5 November 1917 at the age of 31
Killed in action in Mesopotamia
Memorial: Basra Memorial, Iraq, Panel 37 and 64
Mentioned on family gravestone in Sandwick Cemetery, Lewis
Local memorial: Lewis War Memorial; Nicolson WW1 memorial, middle panel
We find William (marked as William R. Macleod on the census transcription) at 4 Cromwell Street, Stornoway in the 1891 census return. He is a boy of 4, the son of Murdo (46, Banker & Chief Magistrate) and Donaldina (36). Other siblings include Kenneth A M (8), Margaret (6) and Catherina Jessie (3).
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