Deck Hand KENNETH MACLEOD
Last known address in Harris: Strond
Son of Angus and Mary MacLeod
Service unit: Royal Naval Reserve, HMS Vivid III
Service number: 4219/SD
Date of death: 19 September 1916 at the age of 22
Cemetery: Rodel (St. Clement) Churchyard
Kenneth appears in the 1901 census, aged 6, the son of Angus (48) and Mary (46) and brother of Donald (13) and Peggy (9).
Information kindly supplied by Angus L. Morrison
Kenneth unfortunately passed away during his training for the Royal Navy and that was the reason he received a war grave. It is such a shame he never got the chance to live to an older age. “Cha Neil e Marbh , ach Na Chodail”- He is not Dead but asleep is a rough translation.
(That part of the inscription was not captured on the below photograph)
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