John Macleod, 13 Eorodale

Deckhand JOHN MACLEOD
Last address in Lewis: 13 Eorodale,
Son of Donald and Mary Macdonald Macleod, of 13, Eorodale, Ness, Stornoway.
Service unit: Royal Naval Reserve, HMS Attentive III
Service number: 15739/DA
Date of birth: 15 October 1898
Date of death: 1 January 1919 at the age of 20
Drowned in sinking of HMY Iolaire
Interred: Old Ness Cemetery
Local memorial: North Lewis, Cross

John features in the 1901 census, aged 2, the youngest of the six children of Donald (45) and Mary (48). His older siblings are Donald (17), Maggie (15), Annie (13), Henrietta (11) and Johanna (9).

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