Records Of The Men Of Lochbroom | 064 ANGUS MACLENNAN

64 - RECORDS OF THE MEN OF LOCHBROOM

1917

S/22678. Pte. ANGUS MACLENNAN,

7th Bn. The Seaforth Highlanders.

Aged 33

Only son of Widow Kenneth Maclennan, 25 Badluachrach, Lochbroom.

Coast Watcher from 1914 to	28th May. 1917.
Enlisted in 7th Seaforths and proceeded to France	Sept. 1917.
Wounded at St. Julien	11th Oct. 1917.
Died in General Hospital, Camières	7th Dec. 1917.

The Chaplain wrote -

"I saw him nearly every day since he came here, and always found him patient and brave. We sometimes used to talk about the old Psalms, and I remember him lying and singing softly the 46th Psalm to ‘Stroudwater.’ He passed away peacefully, trusting in Christ his saviour. He is being buried in our Military Cemetery at Etaples, a well-kept place where the bodies of many of our brave soldiers have been laid to rest.”

“Be still and know that I am God.“

- Psalm xivi:I0.

Friends of Angus Maclennan will remember his anxiety in having to leave his totally blind and aged mother, and will appreciate what a comfort to his heart was the above text.

Official information

Official record (CWGC)

Cemetery / Memorial: Etaples Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France.

Grave: XXXI. B. 10.

Location and Map (CWGC)

Local Memorial: Dundonnell.

additional information

The official records put his age as being 32 and not 33 as stated above.

His grave carries the following inscription: "HE LAID DOWN HIS LIFE, THAT WE MIGHT LIVE, GREATER LOVE HATH, NO MAN THAN THIS (A. MCL.)."

Family information

The connection with the Parish today is not known.

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