Leading Seaman RODERICK MACRITCHIE
Last address in Lewis: Upper Adabrock
Son of Angus MacRitchie, of 28, Eoropie, Ness, Stornoway;
Husband of Catherine MacRitchie, of Upper Adabrock, Ness, Stornoway.
Service unit: Royal Naval Reserve, HMS India
Service number: 3398B
Date of death: 8 August 1915 at the age of 38
Ship sunk by U-22 near Bodo, Norway
Memorial: Chatham Naval Memorial, panel 14,
Local memorial: North Lewis, Cross (quoted under 28 Eoropie)
The 1881 census shows Roderick at home at 15 Eoropie, the son of Angus (33) and Mary (32), with his brothers John (9) and Donald (1).
His brother John also served in the RNR, but survived the war.
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