Records Of The Men Of Lochbroom | 035 RODERICK MACLEAN

35 - RECORDS OF THE MEN OF LOCHBROOM

1916

S/12483. PTE. RODERICK MACLEAN,

7th Bn. Seaforth Highlanders.

Aged 20

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

Enlisted in the 7th Seaforths	22nd Mar. 1915.
Proceeded to France	July, 1915.
Killed in action in the Battle of the Somme	14th Oct. 1916.

Had two brothers serving -

“They shall not grow old as we that are left grow old;

Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn;

At the going down of the Sun and in the morning

We will remember them.”

– Laurence Binyon

Official information

Official record (CWGC)

Cemetery / Memorial: Dernancourt Communal Cemetery Extension, France.

Grave: III. G: 39.

Location and Map (CWGC)

Local Memorial: Ullapool, Right Panel, 4th from the top.

additional information

He and his brother are both commemorated locally on a family grave in the Old Parish Church, Argyle Street, Ullapool: “RODERICK DIED OF WOUNDS IN FRANCE 14TH OCT. 1916, AGED 20 YEARS.”

Family information

The connection with the Parish today is not known.

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