Records Of The Men Of Lochbroom | 062 RODERICK MACLEAN

62 - RECORDS OF THE MEN OF LOCHBROOM

1917

267546. PTE. RODERICK MACLEAN,

6th Bn. The Seaforth Highlanders.

Aged 21

Shop Assistant in Ullapool. Son of Mr. John Maclean, Shore Street, Ullapool.

Joined the 4th Seaforths	Sept. 1916.
Transferred in France to 6th Bn.	-
Wounded at Fontaine Nôtre Dame	22nd Nov. 1917
Died in a Casualty Clearing Station the following day	24nd Nov. 1917

Had one brother serving -

“ A good life hath but few days, but a good name endureth forever.“

- Ecclesiasticus 41:13.

Official information

Official record (CWGC)

Cemetery / Memorial: Rocquigny-Equancourt Road British Cemetery, Manancourt, France.

Grave: III. D. 4.

Location and Map (CWGC)

Local Memorial: Ullapool, Right Panel, 3rd from the top.

additional information

He is also commemorated locally on a family grave in Clachan, Lochbroom: “ALSO IN MEMORY OF HIS SON RODERICK W. R. MACLEAN WHO WAS KILLED IN FRANCE IN 1917 AGED 20 YEARS EVER FAITHFUL EVER SURE”

Family information

The Uncle of Peggy Lavelle, and also of the late Captain John Mackenzie and Mary Catherine (MC) Mackenzie.

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