Seaman KENNETH JOHN MACLEOD
Last address in Lewis: 27 Upper Bayble,
Son of Peter Macleod
Service unit: Royal Naval Reserve
Date of death: 12 January 1918 at the age of 24
Drowned off Italian coast
Local memorial: Point (Garrabost)
Served with Gordons, discharged with strained heart, resulting from lifting heavy sandbags in trenches. Joined Navy.
Of his brothers, John drowned off Calais in 1916. Donald, Donald and Norman junior survived the war after serving in the RNR. Norman senior served in the Canadian forces between 1916 and 1918.
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