Norman Macleod, 13 Benside

Private NORMAN MACLEOD
Last address in Lewis: 13 Benside,
Son of Norman and Mary McLeod, of 13, Benside, Stornoway.
Service unit: 1st Seaforth Highlanders
Service number: 3/7127
Enlisted at Stornoway
Date of death: 20 December 1914 at the age of 19
Killed in action in France
Memorial: Le Touret, panel 38 and 39
Local memorial: Lewis War Memorial

Norman is shown in the 1901 census at 13½ Newmarket Road with his parents Norman (54, mason & crofter) and Mary (47) as well as his siblings Mary (19), Murdo (17), Katy (14), Angus (11) and Christina (8).

His brother Murdo served in the RNR; his brother William was in the Canadian Army - these two survived the war. His brother Angus was killed in Mesopotamia in 1916.

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