Murdo Macleod, 17 Portnaguran

Rigger MURDO MACLEOD
Last address in Lewis: 17 Portnaguran
Son of Roderick and Ann MacDonald Macleod, of Shader, Borvas, Stornaway
Husband of Barbara Macleod, of 17, Portnaguran, Stornaway.
Service unit: Royal Navy Salvage Section, HMS Sunhill,
Date of death: 8 August 1918 at the age of 48
Died of asphyxiation
Interred: Terlincthun British Cemetery, Wimille
Local memorial: Point (Garrabost)

Murdo was the eldest son of Roderick and Ann Macleod and shows on the 1881 census as aged 14. Also present are his siblings Alex (11), John (9), Donald (2) and Rodrick (4).

His son Donald served in the Black Watch and survived the war.

Stornoway Gazette, 23 August 1918
Murdo Macleod (Russia), RNR, 17 Portnaguran, was accidentally asphyxiated by noxious fumes while serving on one of the salvage ships. The deceased, who would be over 40 years of age, leaves a widow and eight children, for whom  the deepest sympathy is felt. His eldest son is serving with the Black Watch.