4 - RECORDS OF THE MEN OF LOCHBROOM
1915
2822A. GUNNER ARCHIBALD M'LEOD, R.N.R.
Aged 28
Son of Mr. Murdo M'Leod, Polbain, Achiltibuie.
Enlisted in the Royal Naval Reserve |
1910 |
Called up |
3rd Aug. 1914 |
Posted to Drake Battalion and was at the Siege of Antwerp. |
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Studied gunnery at Whale Island. Posted to H.M.S. Viknor. |
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Sailed from England |
1st Jan. 1915 |
The Ship went down with all hands |
12th Jan 1915 |
Had four brothers serving –
- Alexander M'Leod, 4th Seaforths. Received D.C.M. at Neuve Chapelle.
- Donald M'Leod, Alberta Regiment,, Canadian Army, severely wounded near Amiens, 1918.
- Roderick M'Leod, N.Z.I.F.
- William M'Leod, N.Z.I.F., wounded at Gallipoli.
“Well hast thou sailed, now die,
To die is not to sleep.
Still your true course you keep,
O sailor soul, still sailing for the sky,
And fifty fathoms deep,
Your colours still shall fly." - From the poem: "Man Sails the Deep Awhile" by Robert Louis Stevenson.
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