Norman Macleod, 8 Lower Bayble

Seaman NORMAN MACLEOD
Last address in Lewis: 8 Lower Bayble,
Son of Donald and Mary Murray MacLeod, of 37, Lower Bayble
Husband of Mary MacLeod (nee Maciver), of 8, Lower Bayble, Stornoway.
Service unit: Royal Naval Reserve, HMD Eslem
Service number: 7242/A
Date of birth: February 1885
Date of death: 12 November 1918 at the age of 39
Died of pneumonia
Interred: Aignish / Eye Cemetery, grave C. 2. 36.
Local memorial: Point (Garrabost)
Took part in the battle of Jutland

The 1891 census shows Norman as a 6-year old schoolboy, at home with his parents Donald (41, crofter) and Mary (40), as well as his siblings Marion (13), Norman (9), and Murdo (3).None of his brothers appears to have served in the Great War.

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