Seaman MURDO JOHN MACLEOD
Last address in Lewis: 9 South Shawbost
Son of John and Christy Macleod, of Stornoway, Isle of Lewis.
Service: Royal Naval Reserve
Service number: LT/JX173143
Date of death: 4 June 1941 at the age of 24
Killed in mining of HMS Van Meerlant, formerly Royal Dutch Navy
Memorial: Lowestoft Naval, panel 5, column 3
Local memorial: West Side, Bragar
Seaman ANGUS GILLIES
Last address in Lewis: 23 South Shawbost
Son of Angus and Catherine Gillies, of Shawbost, Ross and Cromarty.
Service: Royal Naval Reserve, HMS Welshman
Service number: C/X10658B
Date of death: 1 February 1943 at the age of 30
Lost on ship sunk by U-617 off Tobruk
Interred: El Alamein War Cemetery, grave XXIV. C. 18
Local memorial: West Side, Bragar
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Associated with 36 South Shawbost
Battery Quartermaster Serjeant MURDO GILLIES
Son of Donald and Catherine Gillies, of Greenock, Renfrewshire.
Service unit: 39 Bty., 14 Lt. A.A. Regt. Royal Artillery
Service number: 780600
Date of death: 30 September 1941 at the age of 31
Interred: Tobruk War Cemetery, grave 6. L. 6.
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Associated with South Shawbost
Gunner KENNETH MURRAY MACLEOD
Son of Kenneth and Catherine MacLeod, of Inverness.
Service: Royal Artillery, 97 (The Kent Yeomanry) Field Regt.
Service number: 14315035
Date of death: 20 November 1944 at the age of 22
Interred: Forli War Cemetery, grave IV. C. 4
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