47143: Hector Macleod

Eachann Choinnich Mhurchaidh

Hector  was a son of Kenneth Macleod and Margaret Macdonald, 14 Cromore.

He served in the Royal Army Service Corps in the First World War and his name is mentioned in  Loyal Lewis: Roll of Honour 1914-1918. 

Hector served as a Bosun with the Merchant Navy during the Second World War. He served on MV Longwood, MV British Vigilance, MV Empire Metal, MV Empire Macandrew, MV Empire Waterhen, He survived when his ship was bombed in 1943 and his name is included in  Roll of Honour: Pairc Second World War.

At Stornoway, in 1948, Hector married Margaret Morrison, 9 Calbost. The couple settled in Stornoway.