Records Of The Men Of Lochbroom

42 - RECORDS OF THE MEN OF LOCHBROOM

1917

9003A. SEAMAN SIMON M'LEOD,

R.N.R. H.M.S. Gurkha.

Aged 39

Son of Mr. Roderick M'Leod, Achduart, Achiltibuie.

Joined in the summer of	1915.
Served in H.M.S. (Destroyer) Gurkha	-
Mined or torpedoed in the English Channel, when all hands were lost except eight	8th Feb. 1917.

Had one brother serving -

Donald M'Leod, Lovat Scouts.

“You, who read, may to-night go down upon your knees, and humbly thank the Great Disposer of the Universe for that He gave to you and to your country such men as the fishermen of Britain, to keep you safely, to feed you and to clothe you. You and Britain owe to these men everything.”

– From The Seafarers, by Major A. Corbett-Smith.

Official information

Official record (CWGC)

Cemetery / Memorial:Portsmouth Naval Memorial, UK.

Grave:Panel 27.

Location and Map (CWGC)

Local Memorial: Not commemorated locally.

additional information

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Family information

The connection with the Parish today is not known.