Records Of The Men Of Lochbroom

37 - RECORDS OF THE MEN OF LOCHBROOM

1916

4172. PTE. GEORGE M'LEAN,

1/2nd Lovat Scouts.

Aged 22

Employed in the Postal Service. Son of Mrs. Jane M’Leod, 5 Achiltibuie.

Joined the Scouts	June, 1913
Mobilized	4th Aug. 1914.
Served in Dardanelles, Egypt and Salonika	-
Died of Dysentery at sea in the Hospital Ship Essiquibo	16th Nov. 1916.

“We therefore commit his body to the deep, to be turned into corruption, looking for the resurrection of the body (when the sea shall give up her dead) and the life of the world to come.”

– Words used at the burial of the dead at seas.

Official information

Official record (CWGC)

Cemetery / Memorial: Chatby Memorial, France.

Grave:

Location and Map (CWGC)

Local Memorial: Not commemorated locally.

additional information

Records state that he was 21 years of age, not 22 as stated above.

Family information

The connection with the Parish today is not known.