Memorial

Leading Deckhand J MacLeod

Gravestone

Source: Copyright Scottish War Memorials Project

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Current Location

Eye Cemetery, on the narrow spit east of Stornoway Airport, Aignish/Eye (Isle of Lewis), Western Islands, Highlands and Islands, HS2 0PA, Scotland

NB 48223 32121

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Type of Memorial: Addition to gravestone
WMR Reference Number: 82625
Description: An unusual one- a WW1 addition to the WW2 war grave of his son Able Seaman John MacLeod (HMS Cape Melville)
Inscription: IN MEMORY OF/THE FAMILY OF THE L;ATE/JOHN MACLEOD LDG. DECKHAND/LOST AT SEA ON 8TH FEBRUARY 1917 AGED 48 YEARS/…../SON JOHN SEA-RNR/DIED IN R.N.H. LOWESTOFT/ON 25TH JULY 1944 AGED 34 YEARS/…./FATHER AND SON JOHN/BOTH GAVE THEIR ALL FOR KING AND COUNTRY/27B LOWER BAYBLE

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 1
Died: 1
Information shown: surname, forename, relationships, rank, manner of death, place of death, date of death, age, home address

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 1
Died: 1
Information shown: surname, forename, relationships, rank, manner of death, place of death, date of death, age, home address

Gravestone

Made from: Granite

Condition: Good