John Macleod, 14 South Bragar

Seaman JOHN MACLEOD
Last address in Lewis: 14 South Bragar,
Service unit: Royal Naval Reserve, HMS Seagull
Service number: 4543/A
Date of birth: 24 November 1888
Date of death: 30 September 1918 at the age of 30
Drowned when ship was in a collision
Memorial: Chatham Naval Memorial, panel 30,
Local memorial: West Side, Bragar

John appears in the 1901 census at 14 South Bragar, aged 12, with his mother Christy (38) and siblings Alexander(8), Gormilia (4) and Eric (2).

His brothers Alexander and Murdo also served in the RNR, but Murdo drowned. Alexander survived the war.