Murdo Macleod, 12 Garenin


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Private MURDO MACLEOD
Last address in Lewis: 12 Garenin,
Son of Donald and Effie MacAskill MacLeod, 12 Garenin
Service unit: 1st Seaforth Highlanders
Service number: 3/7083
Enlisted at Stornoway
Date of death: 9 May 1915
Killed in action at Neuve Chapelle
Interred: Cabaret-Rouge British Cemetery, Souchez, XVII. D. 6
Local memorial: Carloway
Had been at the front for 8 months

His brother Donald, who also served in the Seaforth Highlanders, was killed in 1917. His brother John was in the RNR but survived the war. 

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