Records Of The Men Of Lochbroom | 039 KENNETH M'LEOD

39 - RECORDS OF THE MEN OF LOCHBROOM

1916

8098A. SEAMAN KENNETH M'LEOD,

R.N.R., H.M.S. Helga.

Aged 24

Son of Mr. Donald M'Leod, Ardindrean, Lochbroom.

Joined H.M.S. Helga in	1915
Was washed overboard in a gale in Kingstown	22nd Dec. 1916.

Had three brothers serving -

“His memory is mixed for ever with the murmuring seas."

Official information

Official record (CWGC)

Cemetery / Memorial: Portsmouth Naval Memorial, UK.

Grave: Panel 10.

Location and Map (CWGC)

Local Memorial: Ullapool, Left Panel, 19th from the top.

additional information

Official records give his age as 23 and not 24 as stated above. His date of death is recorded as being the 23rd of December 1916 and not the 22nd.

He is also commemorated locally on a family grave in Clachan, Lochbroom: “KENNETH MACLEOD DROWNED 23 DEC. 1915 AGE 23 YEARS SONS OF DONALD MACLEOD ARDINDREAN”

Family information

The connection with the Parish today is not known.